Maxthon - Is it safe?

[Landmine]

I was looking to get away from Chrome because the Google machine is growing too large for my taste. Is Maxthon safe or would I be jumping into the fire so to speak?

Any other browsers that don't phone home that you would recommend?

 

[Luda]

All browsers phone home in some sense.

If you're comfortable with Chrome, it has a privacy section in the settings. Disable everything there and change the omnibars default search engine if you're looking to make Chrome a little less Googlefied.

 

[sharknice]

I was looking to get away from Chrome because the Google machine is growing too large for my taste. Is Maxthon safe or would I be jumping into the fire so to speak?

Any other browsers that don't phone home that you would recommend?

I don't trust Maxthon because it is made in China. If you really like Chrome you could always try Chromium.
I prefer Opera, mainly because of the UI.

 

[Landmine]

Ummm so don't trust China? But Google is ok?

 

[k1pp3r]

Ummm so don't trust China? But Google is ok?

Google is a company trying to make money by selling information.

China is country trying to steal information to launch cyber attack.

Which would you trust more?

 

[sharknice]

Google is a company trying to make money by selling information.

China is country trying to steal information to launch cyber attack.

Which would you trust more?

Exactly. Also I never said I trust google. Chromium is the open source version of chrome and you can examine the code, remove anything you want, and compile it yourself.

 

[Cataulin]

if you guys are that worried I know firefox is pretty good mobile wise.