Meryl, The particular issue around auto-suggestion in Chrome is really just embedding what has been in the standard http://google.com.au search box from any browser. Anything you type in that box is going back to Google in order to provide a suggested search string that it thinks in "likely" what you were going to type any way.
And as the article suggested you can turn that feature off, or if you are more concerned you have opportunity to examine the source code to determine what other things it might be sending back. In my opinion most of the articles that highlight how much Google (or Facebook or Yahoo) know about us are really only amplifying what most people already know. At least Google are really upfront about what they use it for, it is the orgainisations that squirrel it away, and have next to zero stated policy or safeguards that are more of a concern. Regards, Martin [email protected] On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 9:08 AM, meryl <[email protected]> wrote: > When I looked at some evaluations on Google Chrome the alarm bells went > off. I'm keen to know what the general consensus is on the whole > Google/Linux/privacy issue... > > Whilst the following Chrome criticisms were posted back in 2008, one > wonders about the ethical processes for Google's need to introduce > something akin to keylogger in the first place and are some of these > concerns still valid today > > http://blogs.computerworld.com/chrome_googles_biggest_threat_to_your_privacy > and the subsequent follow up > > http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9114369/Google_bends_to_Chrome_privacy_criticism > > Do you trust that Google have addressed these concerns adequately? > Is the average Linux user concerned about their computing privacy? > Is Google Chome a threat to the security of Linux machines? > > Meryl > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
