Unpleasant features of the browser from Yandex (browser "Internet")
Whether you knew about it or not, Yandex already has its own “ browser ” for a long time, under the proud name Yandex. Internet. The browser is based on the Chromium browser, and therefore open source.
The daily audience of this browser is not so small: Chrome (Yandex) 1,027,563 1.3%
And now let's remember a few scandals related to the “leakage” of data on the Internet, namely shopping lists in intimate shops, data of tickets sold and SMS from a megaphone, and see what about this can be found in the license agreement of this browser. And maybe after that all questions about how this could be in the public domain, will disappear by themselves.
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So:
6.3. The User is hereby informed and agrees that when using the Program, the Rights Holder automatically anonymously (without being tied to the User) the following information is transmitted: the type of the operating system of the User’s computer, the version and ID of the Program, statistics on the use of the Program’s functions, and other technical information.
What is "technical information"? Is session number technical information? For comparison, Google in its user agreements lists all that it collects , and there are no phrases "other technical information."
3.1.1. Apply the Program for its direct functional purpose, for which purpose it can be copied and installed (reproduced) on the user's personal computer (s). The user has the right to install the program on an unlimited number of personal computers. When installed on a personal computer, each copy of the Program is assigned an individual number, which is automatically communicated to the Rightholder.
Is the program number technical information?
We read further paragraphs 5.1-5.7. They are long, but the meaning can be formulated very briefly:
By default, everything that happens inside the browser is transmitted to the Yandex servers, including the input texts (except passwords), the URLs of the pages viewed, the contents of the pages, etc.
This can be disabled, but did those whose data float to the network knew about it? And would they have enough computer skills to do this?
In addition, it is extremely interesting:
1. Are credit card numbers also sent to a Yandex server?
2. and phone numbers?
3. and the unique pages generated when sending SMS or for shopping lists in online stores?
And when viewing the website of public services, all the content of the pages, too, and what is entered will be transferred to the Yandex server?
But that's not all! You will be loaded, without the possibility of failure, will install a software of an incomprehensible purpose, the list of which you do not know when signing this user agreement :
5.11. The user is hereby informed and agrees that when installing the Program, he will be automatically selected and installed additional components (buttons) for the Program, interacting with popular social networks, mail services and other tools, while this selection is carried out fully automatically and without transferring data beyond User’s computer.
Well, about the open source browser (and some components were under the GPL). He stayed with the progenitor:
4. Restrictions
4.1. Except for use in the amounts and methods expressly provided for in this License or the legislation of the Russian Federation, the User shall not change, decompile, disassemble, decrypt and perform other actions with the object code of the Program, which is designed to obtain information about the implementation of the algorithms used in the Program, create works using the Program, as well as to carry out (allow to carry out) other use of the Program, without the written consent of the Copyright Holder.
PS: For the Yandex bar user agreement is almost completely identical.
The daily audience of this browser is not so small: Chrome (Yandex) 1,027,563 1.3%
And now let's remember a few scandals related to the “leakage” of data on the Internet, namely shopping lists in intimate shops, data of tickets sold and SMS from a megaphone, and see what about this can be found in the license agreement of this browser. And maybe after that all questions about how this could be in the public domain, will disappear by themselves.
')
So:
6.3. The User is hereby informed and agrees that when using the Program, the Rights Holder automatically anonymously (without being tied to the User) the following information is transmitted: the type of the operating system of the User’s computer, the version and ID of the Program, statistics on the use of the Program’s functions, and other technical information.
What is "technical information"? Is session number technical information? For comparison, Google in its user agreements lists all that it collects , and there are no phrases "other technical information."
3.1.1. Apply the Program for its direct functional purpose, for which purpose it can be copied and installed (reproduced) on the user's personal computer (s). The user has the right to install the program on an unlimited number of personal computers. When installed on a personal computer, each copy of the Program is assigned an individual number, which is automatically communicated to the Rightholder.
Is the program number technical information?
We read further paragraphs 5.1-5.7. They are long, but the meaning can be formulated very briefly:
By default, everything that happens inside the browser is transmitted to the Yandex servers, including the input texts (except passwords), the URLs of the pages viewed, the contents of the pages, etc.
This can be disabled, but did those whose data float to the network knew about it? And would they have enough computer skills to do this?
In addition, it is extremely interesting:
1. Are credit card numbers also sent to a Yandex server?
2. and phone numbers?
3. and the unique pages generated when sending SMS or for shopping lists in online stores?
And when viewing the website of public services, all the content of the pages, too, and what is entered will be transferred to the Yandex server?
But that's not all! You will be loaded, without the possibility of failure, will install a software of an incomprehensible purpose, the list of which you do not know when signing this user agreement :
5.11. The user is hereby informed and agrees that when installing the Program, he will be automatically selected and installed additional components (buttons) for the Program, interacting with popular social networks, mail services and other tools, while this selection is carried out fully automatically and without transferring data beyond User’s computer.
Well, about the open source browser (and some components were under the GPL). He stayed with the progenitor:
4. Restrictions
4.1. Except for use in the amounts and methods expressly provided for in this License or the legislation of the Russian Federation, the User shall not change, decompile, disassemble, decrypt and perform other actions with the object code of the Program, which is designed to obtain information about the implementation of the algorithms used in the Program, create works using the Program, as well as to carry out (allow to carry out) other use of the Program, without the written consent of the Copyright Holder.
PS: For the Yandex bar user agreement is almost completely identical.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/142883/
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