Apple has a Google Chrome warning for iPhone users

Apple is asking iPhone users to delete Google Chrome. The Cupertino-based tech giant claims that the popular browser threatens users’ digital privacy in its new “Privacy on iPhone: Flock” video. The short film, without explicitly naming Chrome, parodies Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 thriller The Birds to illustrate how browser activity remains visible to trackers when you surf the web with Chrome. In the clip, iPhone users can be seen tailed by surveillance cameras as they browse; the cameras only stop—and ultimately burst—once the users switch to Safari. “Flock” is a clear nod to Google’s now-abandoned FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts) tracking technology, which was designed to serve relevant ads without monitoring individuals. Apple’s video highlights that even “privacy-focused” browsers can leak your data to trackers.