Mi Browser update arrives with a toggle to disable "aggregated data collection" ~ GoAndroid

Monday, May 4, 2020

Mi Browser update arrives with a toggle to disable "aggregated data collection"

10:02 PM

Simranpal SIngh

Not so long ago, Xiaomi has been grilled for its browsers collecting user data and sending those to remote servers while on incognito mode. Xiaomi responded quickly, initially with certain denials, but later on issued a statement detailing its plan to push an update for the accused browers plausibly with a fix. The promised update is live now, atleast for the Mi Browser.

With no major changes other than the so-called “privacy protection enhancement update“, the latest Mi Browser 12.1.4-g should fix the data gathering without the user consent. We hope so. Xiaomi calls it as an option to toggle on/off “aggregated data collection“. We really don’t have any idea of what all aggregated data includes other than Xiaomi’s attempt to put forth technical jargon plausibly to confuse the average users.

Well, we may be wrong and Xiaomi browsers are as privacy-friendly as insisted by Xiaomi Global VP, Mr. Manu Kumar Jain multiple times in the past few days. To be on a safer side, we recommend our readers who’re used to Mi Browser or the Mint Browser to update to the latest version as soon as possible.

Disable Aggregated Data Collection

Once incognito mode is enabled, you’ve to go to the settings, then click on Incognito Mode Settings option where you could find a toggle to on/off Aggregated Data Collection”. It’s so weird that even after the update, Xiaomi didn’t bother to make the steps simple. On the top of that, the option is enabled by default on incognito mode. For an average user, who don’t know how to dig deep into the settings will have the data collection enabled by default. Resultingly, Xiaomi would mark that as by “user consent”!