Software:Baidu Browser

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Short description: Web browser developed by Baidu
Spark
Initial releaseJuly 2011 [1]
Operating systemWindows

Baidu Browser (Chinese: 百度浏览器 ) is a WebKit and Trident web browser[2] developed by Baidu for Personal Computers and mobile phones. The Windows version of Baidu Browser contains a feature for proxy requests to certain websites, which permits access to some websites that are normally blocked in China, it also leaks search terms, hard drive serial number, network MAC address, as well as the title of all visited webpages. GPU model number is also transmitted. It had a built in adblocker, and also a torrent and video downloader.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] The PC edition was discontinued in May 2019, and on 29 September 2019 the basic functions, e.g. webpage browsing were terminated.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem". https://www.techinasia.com/baidu-browser. 
  2. ↑ "China's Baidu browser beta looks a lot like Chrome" (in en-US). 20 July 2011. https://news.yahoo.com/news/news/chinas-baidu-browser-beta-looks-lot-chrome-164807521.html. 
  3. ↑ Rosgani (2012-12-22). "Baidu Browser v3.0 ready to download" (in en-US). https://www.gizmochina.com/2012/12/22/baidu-browser-v3-0-ready-to-download/. 
  4. ↑ Dou, Juro Osawa and Eva (2016-03-28). "China's Top Web Browsers Leave User Data Vulnerable, Group Says" (in en-US). Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-top-web-browsers-leave-user-data-vulnerable-group-says-1459198802. 
  5. ↑ Staff, ChinaTechNews com (2019-10-01). "Baidu PC Browser Formally Stopped Service" (in en-US). https://www.chinatechnews.com/2019/10/01/25993-baidu-pc-browser-formally-stopped-service. 
  6. ↑ "Browsers helping netizens hop China's Great Firewall could be here to stay" (in en). 2020-10-23. https://www.scmp.com/tech/apps-social/article/3105839/web-browsers-hopping-great-firewall-china-suggest-new-era-opening. 
  7. ↑ Tone, Sixth (2019-10-03). "Baidu Shuts Down Its Desktop Browser After Eight Years" (in en). http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1004638/baidu-shuts-down-its-desktop-browser-after-eight-years. 
  8. ↑ "Baidu's Mobile Browser Steps Out Of Asia And Into Africa With Exclusive France Telecom Deal" (in en-US). https://social.techcrunch.com/2013/01/14/baidus-mobile-browser-steps-out-of-asia-and-into-africa-in-an-exclusive-france-telecom-deal/. 
  9. ↑ Rauhala, Emily. "This Chinese browser gathers a crazy amount of your data and then stores it unsafely" (in en-US). Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/03/28/chinese-browser-gathers-pathological-level-of-personal-data-and-then-stores-unsafely-study-finds/. 
  10. ↑ Ong, Josh (2012-09-03). "China's Baidu Leaps on to Mobile with Speedy HTML5 Android Browser" (in en-us). https://thenextweb.com/asia/2012/09/03/china-baidu-android-browser/. 
  11. ↑ Knockel, Jeffrey; McKune, Sarah; Senft, Adam (2016-02-23) (in en-US). Baidu's and Don'ts: Privacy and Security Issues in Baidu Browser. https://citizenlab.ca/2016/02/privacy-security-issues-baidu-browser/. Retrieved 2020-12-28. 
  12. ↑ February 2016, Sead Fadilpašić 24 (8 March 2019). "China's Baidu Browser leaks almost everything" (in en). https://www.itproportal.com/2016/02/24/chinas-baidu-browser-leaks-almost-everything/. 
  13. ↑ "Baidu browser frankensteins Google Chrome and Internet Explorer - ExtremeTech". https://www.extremetech.com/internet/90500-baidu-browser-frankensteins-google-chrome-and-internet-explorer. 
  14. ↑ "公告". 2019-05-18. https://gss0.bdstatic.com/5bVWsj_p_tVS5dKfpU_Y_D3/res/notice_llq.html. 

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