Comments on: Google Chrome privacy worse than you think

By: feh

feh — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:25:52 +0000

Yeah, Google Chrome is an awesome browser, I just don’t use it because I use Firefox. And Chrome is just like a keylogger: it saves whatever you type in it and sents to Google. But I think they’ve changed this now with the latest version.

By: X

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:51:24 +0000

Some things are not morally wrong, but they are still looked down on by society. If these things were to be exposed it could hurt a person’s reputation. Get off of your high horse.

By: TechSW

TechSW — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:07:11 +0000

Google always rocks. Technology and software-Google is always the best.

By: Alfred

Alfred — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:43:01 +0000

Yet also Opera works like Chrome. One can just use the address bar for a search. And that search will be done bij Google. Try it, you will see a lot of your history show up in the address bar. So, using Opera that way may not be that much different. Google pays Opera for using their engine. So, where will the information be stored?

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Is Google Chrome Privacy Worse Than We Think | The Google Chrome Blog — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:00:33 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:46:24 +0000

Oh, and on the new BETA of Google Chrome it auto-opts out of “use SSL 2.0.” I am not entirely sure what this means, but doesn’t SSL involve privacy?

By: Jean

Jean — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:51:10 +0000

try Opera, it’s the safest browser, and the fastest, ans the sexiest, and the lightest…

By: Jean

Jean — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:43:52 +0000

i’m having similar problems with Google’s preferences, it doesn’t keep them, especially two i’m big on:
- show search results in new window; it never remembers this one, i have to set it back on again and again and again…
- whenever i set the auto suggest feature off it lasts only for the session i’m on,
actually i have to reset all of my preferences each and every time i start a new session,
i tried to contact Google about that, yeah, well, tough luck, there’s no way to contact them directly that i know of — well, you could actually send them a letter by mail… — you keep being redirect around and around on their multiple Help, FAQ and Forums pages, not one giving you direct access to them, not a one…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:29:54 +0000

and what about chromes “anything you upload belongs to us” policy (only lightly paraphrased lol)

sounds like the bigger issue, that if i upload my 5 million dollar (i wish) piece of software, they instantly own it. legally. fuck that.

By: casualsurfer

casualsurfer — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:27:43 +0000

one might say that privacy is only important for those who do “bad” things, and that one should avoid doing such things, and to some extent I would agree with the earlier sections of the statement.

privacy is for bad people. but what is a bad person? in this world, being jewish, black, gay, ugly, fat, demented, and so forth can mean you are bad and can lead you to be subjected to the forces of the social world.

maybe as a result of being detestable, you might find an unwelcoming party waiting for you in the bathroom when you didn’t expect it. maybe you don’t get a position at work that you would’ve otherwise gotten if your name didn’t sound like Osama or Ahmadinejad.

maybe the insight, the helpful, humanistic insight you provide to your community is now useless because someone found out that you’re a woman. a woman who isn’t even controlled by a God-loving man!

maybe privacy is for bad people – it’s for the bad people who don’t want to get fucked by the good people.