UnChrome removes the unique ID from Google Chrome

Concerns about what Google Chrome does with user data already spawned Iron, a browser based on the Chromium source code that strips various features like error and crash reporting, as well as the unique user identifier assigned to each install.

If you'd prefer to run Google's version of the browser but are still concerned about your privacy, you can also download and run UnChrome. It's a free application that checks to see if you've got Chrome installed and then replaces the unique ID assigned to you with a null value.

After you run it, there is a single pop-up advertisement for another of the developer's applications. Since UnChrome-ing is a one-time thing, it's only a minor annoyance.

[ via Freeware World Team ]

Tags: anonymity, freeware, google-chrome, privacy