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By using cloud acceleration and data compression technology, UC Browser has incredibly fast download speeds and a variety of other features. One of the biggest features that this offers and one of the main reasons it is so popular is the fact that it offers a customized cricket feature that includes cricket cards. Cricket is one of the most popular sports in Asia and this feature has helped to push the popularity of this browser through the roof.
Of course it isn’t just the cricket feature that makes this browser popular. It’s speed and overall usability is second to none and means that this is one of the easiest ways to browse the internet without any issues. While it is incredibly fast to use this doesn’t have a negative effect on space and UC Browser automatically compresses data to ensure that it isn’t intrusive on phone space or data usage. This is invaluable for modern day users who spend so much time browsing the internet and downloading things.
One of the other top reasons to use UC Browser over other browsers is that it has a built in Ad Block. Adverts are very difficult to deal with, especially on mobile phones where they can be intrusive and awkward to get rid of. A built in Ad Blocker means that you don’t need to worry about being distracted when you’re watching a video or an unwanted ad popping up while you’re trying to show somebody something. This is one of the most useful features of the UC Browser by far.
Unfortunately the success of this browser hasn’t come without costs and while the developers are trying to keep up with demands of new users there are other areas that are slipping. New updates seem to take away things that were once so great about the website and this makes it incredibly difficult for people to stick with it. While other browsers have managed to maintain a more steady amount of updates UC Browser often tries to over complicate things and sometimes forgets the basics.
While UC Browser is still one of the best browsers out there it is definitely showing signs of wear and tear. If you are into your cricket then there’s no denying that this is definitely the browser for you. With excellent connectivity, speeds and such great ease of use, this is definitely a great browser for the masses however don’t go in expecting perfection. Every update runs the risk of new challenges but with a smooth ride most of the time, it is completely worth the chance.
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UC Browser- Free & Fast Video Downloader, News App
UC Browser enables you to share hot memes and gifs to your friends group via WhatsApp. Besides, UC Browser allows you to save them to your mobile simply.
UC Browser also allows you to download videos you like onto your device at lightning speed. No matter where you are, UC Browser helps you easily enjoy funny videos without internet. You can open the videos everytime you want saving internet traffic! % free!
UC Browser enables you to search and share funny videos, status videos, trending videos, and so forth. There are also functionalities such as Fast Download, Data Saving, Ad-Block functionality, and helps you access music, video, cricket information with smooth experience. Cricket channel is hot on UC Browser now. You can visit many cricket sites to support your team, and watch cricket live stream, and check out match scores on UC Browser.
★ Variety of Stickers & Share with Friends : We added a new page channel of video status and stickers for you. There are massive stickers and popular stickers that you can share with you friends on social network.
★ Upgraded Web Browsing Experience : The most recent version uses our unique self-developed U4 engine that performs 20% improvement in web connection, standard support, video watching experience, personal information security, stability, and storage management in comparison with our last version.
★ Small Window Mode: Our small window mode enables the video window to be moved apart from the webpage, and hanged on screen top, while you expect to chat with friends, shop online or participate in other activities without video watch interruption.
★Fast Downloads: Our servers speed up and stabilize downloads. If any disconnection or interruption occurs, UC Browser can continue downloading from breakpoint. By accelerating downloading process, it saves you time for downloadable files.
★Cricket Card Feature: UC Browser adds special Cricket feature for Cricket fans. Most updated Cricket match live, scores and related information can easily be searched.
★Data Saving: UC Browser compresses data, speeds up navigation and helps you save a lot of celluar data traffic. The more you browse, the more data you can save with UC Browser.
★Ad Block: Ad block functionality blocks different forms of ads that affect your browse experience. It helps you visit webpages Ad-Free on your android devices, no more pop-up banner ads.
★Videos for all tastes: UC Browser allows you to watch movie and TV series. The menu categorizes videos in different tastes: humor, clips, girls, anime, trailers, or even war films.
★Facebook Mode: This unique feature speeds up Facebook regardless of your network condition. UC Browser always finds the way to increase your network speed.
★Night Mode: Switch to night mode on UC Browser to read more comfortably at night.
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UC Browser
| Developer(s) | UCWeb Alibaba Group |
|---|---|
| Stable release(s)[±] | |
| Microsoft Windows (January&#;8, ; 2&#;years ago&#;()[1])
(August&#;19, ; 2&#;years ago&#;()[2])
(February&#;7, ; 7&#;months ago&#;()[3])
(June&#;23, ; 6&#;years ago&#;()[4])
| |
| Engine | Blink, V8 |
| Operating system | iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Windows RT, S60, J2ME, Windows CE, Microsoft Windows, MTK, Tizen, Bada, BREW |
| Standard(s) | HTML5, CSS3 |
| Available in | Chinese, English, Urdu, Bangla, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Russian, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic, Farsi, Bhojpuri |
| Type | Mobile browser |
| License | Proprietary software with EULA(link) and Terms of Use(link) |
| Website | www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com |
UC Browser is a web browser developed by mobile internet company UCWeb, a subsidiary of the Alibaba Group. It is one of the most popular mobile browsers in China and Indonesia,[6] and was the 8th most downloaded mobile app of the – decade.[7]
Originally launched in April as a J2ME-only application, it is now available on a number of platforms including Android, iOS, BlackBerry OS, Java ME, Symbian, Windows PhoneMicrosoft Windows.[8] It has been the subject of several security and privacy controversies, and was banned in India on June 29, , shortly after the China–India skirmishes.[9]
Functionality[edit]
UC Browser is a cross-platform web browser primarily targeted at mobile phones.[6] It is known for its small app size and data compression technology, making it popular in emerging markets where people tend to have mobile phones with more limited device memory and internet bandwidth.[6] In particular, the browser is unique in its use of proxy servers, which run data through UCWeb servers before sending it to the user's device, enabling data compression but also posing privacy risks.[8] Additional features of the browser include cloud acceleration, multi-file format downloading, HTML5 web app and cloud syncing features, and "fast download", a feature that downloads files in multiple parts simultaneously.
Platforms[edit]
UC Browser is available as both an Android app and an iOS app, and is also available on several other older or discontinued mobile operating systems including BlackBerry OS, Symbian, and Windows Phone.[10] While primarily a mobile app, UCWeb also offers a Microsoft Windows desktop version (there is no macOS version).
The Android mobile operating system represents the largest user base for the company, which as of accounted for million of its million users.[11]
Data compression[edit]
UC Browser uses proxy servers to compress web pages before sending them to users.[8] This process requires less memory on the user's device and lowers data costs; however, it also poses privacy and security risks as all of the data accessed by the user through UC Browser first runs through a UCWeb server, rather than going directly to the user's device.
UC+: HTML5, WebApp and add-ons[edit]
In July , UCWeb announced the UC+ Open Platform. The platform consists of a WebApp store, an add-on platform and an Application Bookmark Platform. It went live with the launch of UC Browser v for Android.[12]
Developers can use a provided SDK to create programs that the browser runs in different scenarios. Users can download and install them from the browser's add-on panel. Examples include sharing to social media, webpage translation, augmented reality, and voice control. The Application Bookmark Platform allows partner websites to put up a QR code on UC Browser for users to scan, which adds the webpage to their bookmarks. This platform was among the first in China.
Download management[edit]
The browser supports simultaneous downloads and includes a download manager, including pages for offline reading. It supports pausing and resuming downloads.[13] The current version of the download manager has features designed to solve common problems while downloading, such as an intermittent internet connection and mislabeled files.[14] The download process can continue after the app is closed, and can also automatically resume if the download is interrupted.[15] The download manager sorts downloaded files by type and places them in respective folders.[16]
Cloud system[edit]
UCWeb claims that the cloud system used by the browser tends to fetch data from the closest servers available, making the loading process quicker and smoother for users.[17]
Privacy and security[edit]
Privacy[edit]
Leaked NSA reports[edit]
In May , National Security Agency (NSA) documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden indicated that UC Browser leaks sensitive data like international mobile subscriber identities, international mobile station equipment identities, MSISDN's, Android ID's, MAC addresses, and geolocation and Wi-Fi-related data without any encryption.[18] These leaks were used by intelligence agencies to track users. The documents also revealed that the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) had identified UC Browser as a security weak point. Its widespread use in China, India and Indonesia made it particularly attractive to ASD. The documents revealed that in cooperation with its Five Eyes partners, ASD hacked the UC Browser and infected smartphones with spyware. The ASD declined to comment in relation to the revelations.[19]
Citizen Lab report[edit]
In May , Citizen Lab, a laboratory based at the University of Toronto, published a report finding numerous privacy and security issues with both the English language and Chinese language editions of the Android version of UC Browser.[20][21][22][23][24] The report criticized the transmission of personally identifiable information to various commercial analytics tools and the transmission of user search queries without encryption. They also managed to bypass the encryption of UC Browser, leading them to accuse UCWeb of using non-effective encryption systems to transmit personally identifiable subscriber data, mobile device identifiers, and user geolocation data.[25]
In May , Alibaba Group provided Citizen Lab with updated versions of UC Browser in order to verify their security fixes to these issues. The subsequent update published by Citizen Lab indicated that not all of the previously identified data leaks and privacy breaches had been fixed in UC Browser.[26][27]
India investigation[edit]
After the release of the Citizen Lab report, the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Hyderabad, a scientific research unit within India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY), began a technical investigation into the "several major privacy and security vulnerabilities that would seriously expose users of UC Browser to surveillance and other privacy violations" alleged in the report.[28] C-DAC found that the browser (which is the second-most-used browser in India) had been sending user data to Chinese servers and that it retains control over a user's device DNS even after the browser is deleted.[29]
Security[edit]
Research has found that UC Browser is insecure, with many vulnerabilities and privacy issues.
In March , analysts at the anti-malware firm Doctor Web publicly disclosed that UC Browser and UC Browser Mini for Android was downloading and installing extra modules from the company's own servers via an unprotected HTTP channel.[30] This exposed browser users to arbitrary remote code execution if an attacker was able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack to deliver malicious module (but no cases of exploitation were publicly disclosed). Furthermore, this violates Google Play policies that forbid Google Play apps from downloading any executable code from any sources outside of Google Play. Researchers contacted both UCWeb Inc. and Google prior to the disclosure, but as of March 26, , neither app was patched and users are still vulnerable to the attack.[31]
According to tests on Qualys, a cloud security firm, and High-Tech Bridge, an internet security firm, UC Browser contains Logjam, FREAK, and POODLE vulnerabilities.[32][33] UC Browser also uses an outdated RC4cipher cryptography with deprecated SSL 3 or even SSL 2 protocols, which have many security flaws.[34]
Market adoption[edit]
As of March , UC Browser has over million users, largely in China, India, and Indonesia,[11] and as of it has more than million monthly active users.[35] According to the app analytics firm App Annie, UC Browser was the 8th most downloaded mobile app of the – decade.[7]
UC Browser has gained significant popularity in China, India, and Indonesia. In October , UC Browser topped Opera in Google Play's free Android app download category in India for the first time.[36] According to third-party web analytics firm StatCounter, UC Browser surpassed Opera as India's top mobile browser with percent of the market share to Opera's percent.[37] Google Zeitgeist showed that the "Most Searched Mobile Apps" in India were dominated by messaging and browsing apps, with WhatsApp and UC Browser topping the rankings for the most searches on mobile in [38]
The number of users of UC Browser may be significantly affected by the May recommendation by India's National Security Council following the China–India skirmishes that UC Browser and other Chinese-owned apps be blocked due to cyber-security concerns.[39]
History[edit]
UC Browser was initially launched in April as a J2ME-only application.
The logo of UC Browser was redesigned in December , from a cartoon squirrel to a more abstract and stylized icon that's more in line with American designs.[40]
In May , UCWeb customized its browser for Vodafone's Indian customers.[41] It also announced a partnership with Trend Micro, under which both companies worked to provide mobile web safety assessments in the browser.[42]
In August , UC Browser provided distribution channels of companies like AppURL Initiative[43] and partned with distributor Gameloft to sell its products.[44]
Ban in India[edit]
On June 29 Monday, , the Government of India banned UC Browser, along with 58 other Chinese apps such as TikTok and WeChat, citing data and privacy issues and claiming that it is a "threat to the sovereignty and integrity" of the country.[9][45] Many commentators have suggested that the move was a retaliation to the China–India skirmishes between India and China.[46]
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References[edit]
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- ^ abRayome, Alison DeNisco. "Facebook was the most-downloaded app of the decade". CNET. Retrieved 18 December
- ^ abc"UC Browser Review – Fast and Bandwidth Efficient". www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com Retrieved 10 March
- ^ abShrivastava, Rahul (29 June ). "TikTok, Shareit, UC Browser among 59 Chinese apps banned by India as border tensions simmer in Ladakh". India Today. Retrieved 29 June
- ^"UCBrowser surpasses Opera Mini with 33 percent more downloads". www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com. Retrieved 24 April
- ^ abJon Russell (21 March ). "Chinese Browser-Maker UCWeb Cross Million Users". The Next Web.
- ^Xiang, Tracey. "UC Web Launches UC+ Open Platform, Addressing WebApp Strategy". TechNode. Retrieved 10 March
- ^Yin, Sara. "UC Browser (for Android) Review & Rating". PC Magazine. Retrieved 10 March
- ^"UC Browser Releases Version For Android Platform". www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com 24 September Archived from the original on 12 November Retrieved 10 March
- ^"UC Browser on Windows Phone now supports background downloads". www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com 12 November Retrieved 10 March
- ^"Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Edge? Impressive Web Browser Alternatives". Smashing Magazine. 23 September Retrieved 24 September
- ^"UC Web launches updated version of UC Browser for Android, Java and iPad &#; NDTV Gadgets". www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com 24 April Retrieved 10 March
- ^Hildebrandt, Amber; Seglins, Dave (21 May ). "Spy agencies target mobile phones, app stores to implant spyware". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
- ^Dorling, Philip (22 May ). "Australia a leader in hacking mobile phones, Snowden document reveals". The Canberra Times.
- ^"Privacy and Security Issues with UC Browser". www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com. 21 May Retrieved 7 November
- ^"A Tough Nut to Crack: A Further Look at Privacy and Security Issues in UC Browser â€" The Citizen Lab". www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com. 7 August Retrieved 7 November
- ^"WUP! There It Is: Privacy and Security Issues in QQ Browser â€" The Citizen Lab". www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com. 28 March Retrieved 7 November
- ^"Summary: Privacy and Security Issues with UC Browser". www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com. 21 May Retrieved 7 November
- ^"Edward Snowden Archives â€" The Citizen Lab". www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com. Retrieved 7 November
- ^"Privacy and Security Issues with UC Browser".
- ^"Research group says UC Browser, owned by Alibaba, found to leak data". Reuters. 21 May
- ^"Update: Analysis of updated Android and Windows versions of UC Browser".
- ^"Alibaba's UC Web Browser may face ban in India over data theft - Times of India".
- ^"UC Browser under government lens for leaking user data to servers in China - www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com".
- ^"Hundreds of millions of UC Browser users for Android are threatened". Dr. Web. 26 March
- ^"UC Browser for Android, Desktop Exposes + Million Users to MiTM Attacks". BleepingComputer. Retrieved 27 March
- ^"SSL/TLS Server Test of www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com". Retrieved 27 February
- ^"Qualys SSL Labs - Projects / SSL Client Test". www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com.
- ^"Opera Mini takes care of your security - Opera Mobile". 17 March
- ^"UC Browser crosses Million Monthly Active Users in India". www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com. 18 November Retrieved 23 January
- ^"UCWeb Boasts Dominance over Opera in India's Mobile Browser Market". www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com 30 October Retrieved 10 March
- ^"UCWeb overtakes Opera as India's top mobile browser, adds Jack Ma to board (INFOGRAPHIC)". www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com 22 August Retrieved 10 March
- ^"Google Zeitgeist WhatsApp Top Searched Mobile App, Chennai Express, Temple Run, Sunny Leone". MediaNama. 18 December Retrieved 10 March
- ^Gupta, Shishir (17 June ). "Intel agencies red-flag use of 53 mobile apps with links to China: Complete list". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 26 June
- ^Mott, Nathaniel (18 October ). "UCWeb opens US office, Americanizes its logo". PandoDaily. Retrieved 10 March
- ^"UCWeb customises mobile internet browser for Vodafone customers in India". timesofindia-economictimes.
- ^"UC Web announces partnership with Trend Micro for in-browser mobile web safety assessment". www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com 7 May Retrieved 10 March
- ^"Global Consortium of Mobile Thought Leaders Support AppURL Initiative â€" Yahoo Finance Canada". Yahoo! Finance. 2 August Archived from the original on 9 December Retrieved 10 March
- ^"Gameloft China: partners important for navigating China". www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com Retrieved 10 March
- ^Iyengar, Rishi (29 June ). "India bans TikTok as tensions with China escalate". CNN Business.
- ^Abi-Habib, Maria (29 June ). "India Bans Nearly 60 Chinese Apps, Including TikTok and WeChat". The New York Times.
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