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Netsurf

From their website: "NetSurf is a multi-platform web browser for RISC OS, UNIX-like platforms (including Linux), Mac OS X, and more".[1] Version Tested: Netsurf 3.9.

Spyware Level: Low

Upon launch Netsurf makes a request to get the default search engine's icon, that default search engine is Google. This was tested with mitmproxy. Other than that, there are no unsolicited requests. After following the mitigation guide, this software is not spyware.

Sources:

  1. www.netsurf-browser.org/ [web.archive.org] [archive.is] [ghostarchive.org]

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