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I've tried Google Chrome and it seems faster than Firefox 3.0 and IE 8. What are the pros & cons of this Browser? Is this a Google "Big Brother" attempt?
 
We just got a warning from our company (L3 Communications) about Chrome. If you're not careful, it will record everything you do, even if you don't hit the "enter" key. Every keystroke. You can set it so that it won't but be careful with it. I'll try to add the warning here once I bring it back up again.

On edit: Here it is....

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10031661-56.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0

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The auto-suggest feature of Google's new Chrome browser does more than just help
users get where they are going. It will also give Google a wealth of information on what
people are doing on the Internet besides searching.
Provided that users leave Chrome's auto-suggest feature on and have Google as
their default search provider, Google will have access to any keystrokes that are
typed into the browser's Omnibox, even before a user hits enter.
What's more, Google has every intention of retaining some of that data even after it
provides the promised suggestions. A Google representative told CNET News that the
company plans to store about 2 percent of that data--and plans to store it along with
the Internet Protocol address of the computer that typed it.
In theory, that means that if one were to type the address of a site--even if they decide
not to hit enter--they could leave incriminating evidence on Google's servers.
That said, individuals have a clear way to use Chrome and avoid having this occur. Turning
off the auto-suggest feature means that Google will neither get nor store this information.
One can also select a search provider other than Google as their default to avoid having
their search queries stored by Google. (Update 11:45 a.m. PDT: Switching to Chrome's
Incognito mode also switches off the auto-suggest features, the Google representative said.)
Beyond the individual level, though, there is the question of what Google will be able to do
with all this information in aggregate. Folks already concerned about how much data Google
has from its Web search history may well have another reason to worry. That is in addition
to separate concerns raised by the product's End User License Agreement (EULA).



Charlie
 
Yes. If you thought Microsoft was the "evil empire," you have not seen anything yet. Use Chrome at your own peril - Google intends to discover and store every bit of information about you.


Cheers":kb06oc7n said:
I've tried Google Chrome and it seems faster than Firefox 3.0 and IE 8. What are the pros & cons of this Browser? Is this a Google "Big Brother" attempt?
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