From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 9 08:32:42 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AE2C1065675 for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 08:32:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Peter.Ross@alumni.tu-berlin.de) Received: from mail.lonelyplanet.com.au (mail.lonelyplanet.com.au [203.166.32.192]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CF0F8FC13 for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 08:32:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Peter.Ross@alumni.tu-berlin.de) Received: from Garuda.lpint.net ([10.61.0.88]) by mail.lonelyplanet.com.au with InterScan Message Security Suite; Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:02:27 +1000 Received: from klein.bigpond.com ([10.61.20.65]) by Garuda.lpint.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 9 Sep 2008 18:01:56 +1000 Received: from klein.bigpond.com (localhost [127.0.0.1])by klein.bigpond.com (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m8982Jjt002981for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 18:02:19 +1000 (EST)(envelope-from Peter.Ross@alumni.tu-berlin.de) Received: from localhost (petros@localhost)by klein.bigpond.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) with ESMTP id m8982Irj002978for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 18:02:19 +1000 (EST)(envelope-from Peter.Ross@alumni.tu-berlin.de) X-Authentication-Warning: klein.au.lpint.net: petros owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 18:02:18 +1000 (EST) From: Peter Ross X-X-Sender: petros@klein.bigpond.com To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080909180033.S1857@klein.bigpond.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="2077901516-417608823-1220946965=:1857" Content-ID: <20080909180033.F1857@klein.bigpond.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Sep 2008 08:01:56.0295 (UTC) FILETIME=[54043570:01C91252] X-imss-version: 2.051 X-imss-result: Passed X-imss-scanInfo: M:P L:N SM:0 X-imss-tmaseResult: TT:0 TS:0.0000 TC:00 TRN:0 TV:5.5.1027(16146.005) X-imss-scores: Clean:11.19392 C:2 M:3 S:5 R:5 X-imss-settings: Baseline:2 C:1 M:2 S:2 R:1 (0.1500 0.1500) Subject: Re: Google Chrome X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:32:42 -0000 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 Content-ID: <20080909180033.Y1857@klein.bigpond.com> [Sorry, resent - I used a sender address not on the list] 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--