Report: Chrome Tops the List of the Worst Popular Browsers for Tracking & Data Protection

If you ever wondered how your daily driver browsers like Chrome, Edge, and others hold up when it comes to your privacy, a new report by iGaming software provider Digitain sheds light on it, and the findings will shock you. ChatGPT Atlas, which OpenAI recently launched to take on the likes of Perplexity’s Comet AI browser and others, is reportedly the latest private browser tested.

Digitain says that it analyzed 13 popular browsers using dozens of technical privacy and security checks. The findings suggest that newer AI-powered browsers may trade convenience for weaker user protection. Per the report, ChatGPT Atlas failed every state partitioning test.

In simple words, this means that websites can track users across browsing sessions without any issues. The browser scored just 1 out of 100 for anti-fingerprinting protection and 0 for tracker blocking, resulting in a near-maximum Privacy Risk Score of 99.

Surprisingly, Google Chrome ranked as the second-worst browser for privacy, grabbing a risk score of 76. While Chrome performed moderately in preventing browser identification, it scored zero for blocking trackers. Microsoft Edge, Vivaldi, and Opera followed closely, all showing limited blocking measures against data collection despite small improvements in certain areas.

On the other hand, Brave and Mullvad reportedly offered the best privacy protections. Both successfully blocked trackers and minimized fingerprinting across tests. You can check the list of browsers with the highest privacy risks:

Speaking of the findings, Digitain’s digital marketing lead, Paruyr Harutyunyan, warned that AI features don’t automatically translate to safer browsing. AI systems, as you may know, depend on large data sets, which can increase data exposure if protections are weak.

All that said, AI browsers may feel futuristic, but when it comes to privacy, traditional privacy-first tools still are on top. For users concerned about tracking, the smartest upgrade might not involve AI at all.