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Huawei: Turn On Browser Security and Privacy Settings

If your Huawei browser loads suspicious sites without warning or keeps handing your browsing history to advertisers, the built-in protection options are probably switched off. Features like 'Safe browsing', 'Do Not Track' and tracking cookie blocking exist to stop this, but they need to be turned on manually. Without them active, malicious pages and third-party trackers can operate unnoticed while you surf.

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Browser Security and Privacy Settings auf Huawei

Huawei's built-in browser ships with three privacy switches, but none of them are active by default on every device. That is why unsafe pages can load without a warning and why advertising networks can quietly follow you from site to site.

Safe browsing compares every page you open against a list of known malicious sites and blocks the connection before it loads. Do Not Track sends a signal to websites asking them not to log your visit, though compliance depends on the site itself. Block tracking cookies stops third-party scripts from storing identifiers that follow you across different domains.

You find all three switches in one place: Open the Browser appOpen the menuOpen the SettingsTap on Security and privacyEnable or disable Safe browsing, Do not track or Block tracking cookies.

Turning on all three has no noticeable effect on browsing speed, but Safe browsing needs an active internet connection to check each URL. If a trusted internal or work site gets blocked by mistake, disable Safe browsing temporarily rather than leaving it off permanently. For stronger tracking protection across all apps, not just the browser, check the system-wide privacy settings instead.

Frequently asked questions

Safe browsing adds a quick check against a known threat list before each page loads. On a stable connection the delay is not noticeable.