If you read the privacy policies of a lot of websites they talk about storing tracking information in cookies and how they use information they collect to improve services. You don't actually know how much information they are capturing. They use statements that can be very general. If a site tracks the pages their users go to within their site, that is viewed as analytics despite what they might actually be using it for. You give your personal information to a lot of large companies and most companies that have even half decent services share that information between services and tracks what services you are using and how often.
If you read the news articles surrounding the Viacom issue it states that Google was granted time to clear identifying information from the database to protect its users. So like Chris said, "Granted they have it, but what have they ever done that was bad?". I also don't see what control you are speaking of... if the services they provide are working well enough to pull in the majority of the people that is a good thing, they don't really have "control", that would imply they can force people to continue to use their services. That is like saying MySpace used to have control over X% of internet traffic because every 9th grader in the country logged in 14 times a day. I would have far more fear logging into a hotmail account than I would a Google account. On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 12:29 AM, Chris Louden <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Paul Saenz <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I am actually starting to favor google chrome. My first reaction towards > > google is usually negative, because I think they have too much control > over > > internet traffic, and the fact that they are compiling so much personal > > How can you say that? What control do they have? The only way they > could have any control over your Internet traffic is if you use them > for searching and then click on the results. The results mind you are > not altered by them only ranked in an order based on the criteria you > specified in your search. > > The personal data is another issue. Granted they have it, but what > have they ever done that was bad? They use the personal data to > provide services. The fact that they have it can't in itself make then > some evil corporation plotting to take over the world. > > They offer a free ,capable email service and they don't force ads on > the recipients unlike your hotmail account. > > > info. Nevertheless, the fact that they made it open source is quite > > impressive to me. It means that FireFox or any other browser can > incorporate > > their hard work. I'm not sure, but it seems to me that they took two > years > > to get to release. The fact that they use the webkit rendering engine may > > mean that FireFox would either have to start from the ground up (not > really > > the ground, but from where chrome left off), or they would have to > > re-engineer their existing code to encorporate chrome's browser > philosophy. > chrome wikipedia > > Why? Why would anyone change anything? > > > Irregardless, I think that google has really laid the foundation for a > new > > era in web browser philosophy and technology. > > > >> Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 19:02:26 -0700 > >> From: [email protected] > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [LinuxUsers] Code Reuse in Google Chrome > >> > >> The same thing can be said about the iPhone. Have you ever looked at the > >> "about" page on the phone? The BSD, GPL licences are listed multiple > times. > >> I guess they couldn't list it once to cover all libraries and programs > under > >> the particular licence. > >> > >> > >> Chris > >> > >> On Sep 6, 2008, at 6:25 AM, Brian Friday <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> So I hate continuing a thread that has dove tailed off into stupidity... > >> > >> So we have a new thread: > >> > >> For those interested found this article regarding the code reuse in > >> chrome. > >> > >> For those who need it please note in the article there is a source > >> code download link. > >> > >> http://www.catonmat.net/blog/code-reuse-in-google-chrome-browser/ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> LinuxUsers mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> LinuxUsers mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > > ________________________________ > > Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows > > Live. See Now > > _______________________________________________ > > LinuxUsers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > -- Peter Manis (540) 999-4088
