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1.Opera Opera- is a multi-platform web browser
developed by its namesake company Opera. The
current edition of the browser is based on
Chromium. Opera is available on Windows,
macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. There are also
mobile versions called Opera Mobile and Opera
. Mini.

HISTORY:
-Opera originated in Italy at the end of the
SIGNIFICANCE OF PRIVACY AND 16th century
SECURITY:
-Opera's fraud and malware protection -began in 1994 when it was started as a
warns the user about suspicious web research project at Telenor, the largest
pages and is enabled by default. Norwegian telecommunications company

FEATURES:
-a free VPN, ad blockers, and integrated messaging capabilities to
assist users browse securely and smoothly.
2. Google Chrome -is a web browser
Google developed by Google. It was first released
in 2008 for Microsoft Windows, built with
Chrome free software components from Apple
WebKit and Mozilla Firefox. Versions were
later released for Linux, macOS, iOS, and
also for Android, where it is the default
browser.
HISTORY:
Google Chrome is a web browser developed by
Google. It was first released in 2008 for Microsoft
•FEATURES: Windows, built with free software components from
•Google address bar. Apple WebKit and Mozilla Firefox.
•Password check.
•Sync. SIGNIFICANCE OF PRIVACY AND SECURITY:
•Dark mode. -Chrome protects your privacy and puts you in
•Tabs. controlKeeping you safe and secure online is part of
•Articles for you. Chrome's DNA. With intuitive privacy controls, Chrome
•Extensions. lets you adjust settings and customize a browsing
• Overview. experience that's right for you.
3. Safari Safari - is a web browser developed by Apple.
It is built into Apple's operating systems,
including macOS, iOS, iPadOS and visionOS,
and uses Apple's open-source browser engine
WebKit, which was derived from KHTML. Safari
was introduced in Mac OS X Panther in January
2003.
HISTORY:
-Safari was introduced in Mac OS X Panther in January
2003. It has been included with the iPhone since its first
SAFARI FEATURES:generation, which came out in 2007. At that time, Safari
•Ad Blocker. was the fastest browser on the Mac. Between 2007 and
•Address Bar. 2012, Apple maintained a Windows version, but
•Bookmark Management. abandoned it due to low market share.
•Dark Mode. SIGNIFICANCE OF PRIVACY AND
•Extension Management.
•Privacy Options.
SECURITY:
- Safari has robust privacy features,
•Private Browsing.
including Intelligent Tracking Prevention, which
•Search Engine.
limits advertisers from tracking your online
behavior.
4.Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox, or simply Firefox,- is a free
and open-source web browser developed by
the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary,
the Mozilla Corporation. It uses the Gecko
rendering engine to display web pages,
which implements current and anticipated
web standards.

HISTORY:
FEATURES: -The Mozilla project was created in 1998 with the
Priivacy option Firefox screenshot tools release of the Netscape browser suite source code.
Password manager Screenshot made simple
Ad blocker Customize tool bar
menu SIGNIFICANCE OF PRIVACY AND
Address bar Firefox sync SECURUTY:
Private browsing -Firefox allows you to control some of the
Extensions information you share online, which you can
Customization modify in your privacy settings.
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5.Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge -is a proprietary
cross-platform web browser created
by Microsoft. Released in 2015 as
part of Windows 10 and Xbox One,
it was initially built with Microsoft's
own proprietary browser engine,
EdgeHTML, and their Chakra
JavaScript engine.
FEATURES:
Microsoft Defender SmartScreen and Password
Monitor
HISTORY: SIGNIFICANCE OF PRIVACY AND
-Released in 2015 as part of Windows 10 and SECURITY:
Xbox One, it was initially built with Microsoft's own -We protect you against phishing or malware
proprietary browser engine, EdgeHTML, and their websites, and from downloading potentially
Chakra JavaScript engine. Later on, it was ported malicious files.
to Android and iOS as a fork of
Google's Chromium open-source project.
 6.Internet Internet Explorer -is a retired series of graphical web
Explorer browsers developed by Microsoft that were used in the
Windows line of operating systems. While IE has been
discontinued on most Windows editions, it remains supported
on certain editions of Windows, such as Windows 10
LTSB/LTSC.
HISTORY:
-After being launched in 1995, Internet Explorer
became one of the most popular tools for accessing
the Internet. There were 11 versions between
1995 and 2013. In July 1995 Microsoft released
Internet Explorer 1.0 as an add-on to the Windows
95 operating system
SIGNIFICANCE OF PRIVACY AND
FEATURES:
•I. Enhanced Security Features. SECURITY:
•II. Compatibility with Web Standards. -IE allowed users to access and navigate websites,
•III. Seamless Integration with Windows Operating view multimedia content, and interact with online
System. applications.
•IV. User-Friendly Interface and Customization -can block pop-ups, enable private browsing and
Options. prevent sites from accessing the user's physical
location.
 7.Vivaldi Vivaldi- is a freeware, cross-platform web browser
with a built-in email client developed by Vivaldi
Technologies, a company founded by Tatsuki Tomita
and Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, who was the co-
founder and CEO of Opera Software. Vivaldi was
initially released on 27 January 2015.
HISTORY:
-began as a virtual community website that
replaced My Opera, which was shut down by Opera
FEATURES: Software in March 2014. Jon Stephenson von
-open any website in a split-screen Tetzchner was angered by this decision because he
panel, categorize tabs in two-layer tabs believed that this community helped make the
stacks, and customize the theme and Opera web browser what it was.
appearance of the browser.
SIGNIFICANCE OF PRIVACY AND
SECURITY:
-Vivaldi is given a file which describes every URL
that is known to be malicious, using an
approximation method.
8.Brave Brave- is a free and open-source web
browser developed by Brave Software,
Inc. based on the Chromium web
browser. Brave is a privacy-focused
browser, which automatically blocks
most advertisements and website
trackers in its default settings.

HISTORY:
- On 28 May 2015, CEO Brendan Eich and CTO
FEATURES: Brian Bondy founded Brave Software. On 20
Tracker blocking January 2016, Brave Software launched the first
Privacy policy version of Brave with ad-blocking capabilities and
Translate announced plans for an ad platform that uses
Firewall "browser-side anonymous targeting".
Securuty
Anonymous browsing SIGNIFICANCE OF PRIVACY AND
Brave talk SECURITY:
Shield - automatically blocks most advertisements and
Playlist website trackers in its default settings.
 9.Mosaic Mosaic- is a discontinued web browser,
and one of the first to be widely available.
It was instrumental in popularizing the
World Wide Web and the general Internet
by integrating multimedia such as text and
graphics.
HISTORY:
-Mosaic was developed at the National Center for
Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
beginning in late 1992. NCSA released it in 1993,
FEATURES: and officially discontinued development and
support on January 7, 1997.
-Its intuitive interface, reliability,
personal computer support, and simple SIGNIFICANCE OF PRIVACY AND
installation all contributed to its SECURITY:
popularity within the web. Mosaic is the -Its intuitive interface, reliability, personal
first browser to display images inline computer support, and simple installation all
with text instead of in a separate contributed to its popularity within the web. Mosaic
window. is the first browser to display images inline with
text instead of in a separate window
10.AOL
AOL Explorer, previously known as AOL
Explorer Browser, was a graphical web browser developed
by AOL. It was released in July 2005 as a free,
standalone download, or as an potional software
bundled while installing AOL Instant Messenger.
AOL Explorer supported tabbed browsing and used
Microsoft's Trident browser engine.

HISTORY:
FEATURES: 1991–2006: Internet age, Time Warner
-support for tabs and the Tab Explorer feature,
merger. First AOL logo as "America Online", used
which lets you view tab thumbnails on full
from 1991 to 2005. In February 1991, AOL for
screen
DOS was launched using a GeoWorks interface;
SIGNIFICANCE OF PRIVACY AND it was followed a year later by AOL for Windows.
SECURITY: This coincided with growth in pay-based online
-AOL Mail a less trustworthy candidate for those services, like Prodigy, CompuServe, and GEnie.
seeking a secure and private email service.
-MyPrivacy tracks and wipes your personal
information off of websites that sell it.
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