This seems pretty normal. If you use someone's service you have to expect they are going to use the information they glean. The Google search is just the same, only it doesn't sit on your computer 24 hours a day.
-----Original Message----- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 12:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: What no chrome? Followup to the google EULA issue: Google appears to be rescinding their claim to ownership of content that flows through the browser. However, just saw this as well: ------- Included Stuff Follows ------- Google's Omnibox could be Pandora's box | Beyond Binary - A blog by Ina Fried - CNET News 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. --------- Included Stuff Ends --------- More here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10031661-56.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.0 -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +-----------------------------------+ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
