Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Comparing Privacy & Security of Android 1.5 Free Browsers

The following browsers support Android 1.5 (Cupcake) & above and can run as desktop/PC mode. Only 2 browsers support private browsing for clearing cache & history on exit but not cookies. Even the free Mercury & Atomic Lite browsers on Apple iOS platform have the private browsing option to clear history & cookies on exit.

Browser
Dolphin 3.1.1
Skyfire
2.3.3.19663
Beta
xScope
5.34
Opera Mobile
10.1 Beta

Private Browsing
Cache
History
Cache
No
No
Privacy
Clear cache,
passwords,
history,
cookies,
form data &
location access
Clear cache,
passwords,
history,
cookies,
form data &
location access
Clear cache,
passwords,
history,
cookies &
form data
Clear cache,
passwords,
history,
cookies &
shared location
Disable
Javascript
Yes
Yes
No
No
Disable
Plug-ins
No
Yes
No
No
Disable
Cookies
Yes
Yes No Yes
Block
Pop-up Windows
Yes
Yes
No
No

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