Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 17:56:05 +1000 (EST) From: Peter Ross <Peter.Ross@bogen.in-berlin.de> To: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>, Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org>, jef moskot <jef@math.miami.edu>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Google Chrome Message-ID: <20080909174401.Q1857@klein.bigpond.com> In-Reply-To: <86od2ykj17.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCMEOCCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com><20080905023 638.U53812@phantom.math.miami.edu> <48C0EB58.4060307@FreeBSD.org><20080905140820.B8020@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl > <48C1F44F.7030300@FreeBSD.org><20080906094507.Q19981@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <86od2ykj17.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --2077901516-417608823-1220946965=:1857 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Mon, 8 Sep 2008, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > Google Chrome is open source. If you're really worried that it might be > secretly collecting data about you and sending it to Google .. I just double-checked the thread, I could not see someone mentioning it: http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/privacy.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- When you type URLs or queries in the address bar, the letters you type are= =20 sent to Google so the Suggest feature can automatically recommend terms or= =20 URLs you may be looking for. If you choose to share usage statistics with= =20 Google and you accept a suggested query or URL, Google Chrome will send=20 that information to Google as well. You can disable this feature as=20 explained here. =20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- If I read it correctly: _Every_ time you type into your ('conveniently' combined) URL/search=20 field, it gets immediately send to Google. In other words: Google can record your webbrowsing. And it is the default, not something you enable explicitly. Well, some consolidation: you _can_ disable it. Regards Peter --2077901516-417608823-1220946965=:1857--
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