Google Chrome leads the global browser market with a penetration of just over 64 percent, according to recently released StatCounter data.
Behind Chrome is Safari, Apple's browser that holds 19.03 percent, up from 8.72 percent in April 2012.
The situation is very different from what happened ten years ago when Internet Explorer ranked first with just over 30 percent of users.
The one that was the world's leading browser in April 2012, Internet Explorer (30.8%), has ceased to exist. It was currently replaced by Edge, which holds 4.05% of the market share and is ranked number three.
The fourth place goes to Firefox, which ten years ago stood at 22.5 percent penetration and currently has 3.4 percent.
The fifth and sixth place go to Samsung Internet and Opera with 2.82% and 2.22% respectively.
This data shows the significant growth of Chrome, Google's browser, which has gone in ten years from occupying a second position, with 28.24 percent of the global market, to leading it, with 64.5 percent.
Chrome recently released a Privacy Guide, to help people review existing privacy settings for their browsing. The goal is for users to understand how they work and what their benefits are in order to decide whether they want to activate them or not.
This section reports, for example, that in the Safe Browsing option, Chrome offers standard protection and enhanced protection, explaining in detail the difference between each option.
This also allows you to choose when to block third-party cookies, either incognito or always, so that websites only see the user's browsing activity on their own websites, and not on other pages that are visited.
In the area of Privacy Sandbox, Chrome develops new technologies that protect users from cross-site tracking mechanisms while preserving the open web.
It should be noted that Privacy Sandbox tests are still in development and are only available in some regions.
One of the key factors in taking care of your browser's security is keeping it up to date. Decho, a few weeks ago the company released an emergency update for Chrome, after having detected a new vulnerability in the system. It is the second fault, with its respective solution, that is released in just over a week.
On March 25, Google released an update after identifying a problem in the version of Chrome that could be being used by hackers, the company warned at the time. The latest emergency update arrives with version 100.0.4896.75.
To ensure that you have the latest version of the system with its corresponding security patches, you must perform the following steps:
Tap the three dots at the top of Chrome, just below the profile picture. This will enter the Settings menu.
Then click on the option that says Help and then on Chrome information and there you will see the version you have installed.
Keep in mind that once the update is installed, it is necessary to restart the browser for the protection to be activated. Otherwise, the system will continue to be vulnerable to possible attacks that exploit the aforementioned flaw.
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