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Safety & privacy

Falkon will enable you to kerb the various privacy-invading functions of JavaScript and HTML5. It also includes an XSS Auditor to block cross-site scripting attacks.

Internet users are as has a unique approach in that it identifies and then strips all advertisements that track users from all pages that you visit. However, should you feel the need to support the websites, the browser provides a mechanism to do that with the Rewards programme. Its entire gamut of security and privacy offerings include do not track, built-in password manager, encrypted sync, and much more. You can get many of these on the other browsers as well, but not out of the box. Anonymity-conscious users will especially appreciate the built-in support for Tor network.

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