

Like Chrome and the others, Iron is super-fast and accepts extensions, themes, and developer tools. It's based on Google's Chromium core, which is the basis of many browsers, including Google's own Chrome. URL-Tracker – Does not exist in IronĬalls depending on the configuration five seconds after launch the Google homepage opens in background.Iron is a free Web browser from SRWare. Google Updater – Does not exist in IronĬhrome installs a updater, which loads at every Windows in background. This Chrome-function transmits information in encoded form to Google, for example, when and where Chrome has been downloaded. Error Reporting – Does not exist in Ironĭepending on the configuration, details about crashes or failures are sent Google’s servers. Alternate Error Pages – Does not exist in Ironĭepending on the configuration, if you have typed a false address in the address bar, this is sent to Google and you get an error message from Google’s servers. Suggest – Does not exist in Ironĭepending on the configuration, each time you put something in the address line, this information is sent to Google to provide suggestions. If Chrome is received as part of a promotional campaign, it may generate a unique promotion number which is sent to Google on the first run and first use of Google Chrome. It gets deleted when Chrome checks the first time for updates. To eliminate usage tracking and other privacy-compromising functionality, it disables some configurable features of Google Chrome.Ĭomparison of SRWare Iron and Google Chrome at privacy: Installation-ID – Does not exist in IronĪ copy of Google Chrome includes a generated installation number which will be sent to Google after the installation and the first usage.

It’s an alternative to the Chrome browser – and offers the same features but without any problems at privacy and security. SRWare Iron is a free and open-source web browser by SRWare, based on the free source code of “Chromium”.
