Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:00:21 +0930 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Cc: jef moskot <jef@math.miami.edu> Subject: Re: Google Chrome Message-ID: <48C0EE1D.5080809@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <48C0EB58.4060307@FreeBSD.org> References: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCMEOCCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <20080905023638.U53812@phantom.math.miami.edu> <48C0EB58.4060307@FreeBSD.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: > jef moskot wrote: >> On Thu, 4 Sep 2008, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >>> I must have missed something, how would running the Chrome browser >>> collect our valuable data? >> >> What other purpose would Google have for creating this software? >> Everything Google does is attempt to collect more data, whether it's >> collecting the world's email or convincing corporations, universities, >> private citizens, and everyone else that storing all their documents >> and records on Google servers is a great idea. > > > Whether this browser directly collects more data or simply assists them > > with their other collection methods, there's no other reasonable > > explanation for the creation of the tool. > > The big selling point of this browser is the performance of its > Javascript engine compared to other existing browsers. Javascript is > what is used to run the client side of "web applications"...like Google > Docs, and other Google applications. > > Pushing the development of Javascript is directly tied to google's > ability to launch more complex web-based applications in the future. > > As for google collecting private data, this browser apparently does no > more of that than other existing browsers, according to: > > http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-chrome-communication/ Another reason: the javascript engine in chrome is also ported to the ARM architecture, so it will give them better performance on ARM-based google android mobile phones. I'm sure you could think of yet more reasons if you tried ;-) Kris
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