Edge sends the images you see to Microsoft

Edge is the last one Browser of Microsoft which hopes to take the place of Chrome. Microsoft often touts its app as a solution that respects your privacy, but some Edge features raise concerns.

Some time ago, Edge users discovered a bug that forwarded their browser history to Bing. So now they discovered something else. Edge sends every image you see online to Microsoft.

Edge has a built-in enhancement tool image which, according to Microsoft, can use "super-resolution to improve clarity, sharpness, lighting and contrast in images on the web." Although this particular possibility sounds exciting, the latter updates of Microsoft Edge Canary provided more information on how image enhancement works.

The browser sends image links to Microsoft instead of performing the improvements on the device.

The biggest problem with Edge's "hyper-resolution" and other questionable services is that it's on by default. Therefore, unknowing users automatically give permission to the browser they use to send the images they see to Microsoft for processing and improvement.

How you can fix it:

Open Microsoft Edge and go to its main menu.
Settings > Privacy, Search and Services.
Scroll down and turn off Enhance images in Microsoft Edge.

Microsoft reportedly wants to make the feature more flexible. Upcoming Edge updates will let you choose which sites Edge should not process.

If you use Microsoft Edge Canary, in Settings > Privacy, Search and Services > Enhance images in Microsoft Edge and Add next to the Never Enhance images for these sites list (Enhance images in Microsoft Edge and Add next to the Never Enhance images for these sites list ).

Microsoft Edge has another feature which is based on an AI called Super Resolution video. Makes low-resolution videos sharper and with fewer pixels. However, it uses on-device processing instead of sending the content to Microsoft.