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Re^2: [OT]: Google browser (Chrome) (win32)

by Burak (Chaplain)
on Sep 03, 2008 at 14:33 UTC ( [id://708769]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: [OT]: Google browser (Chrome) (win32)
in thread [OT]: Google browser(Updated!)

If you navigate to a URL that does not exist, Google Chrome may send the URL to Google so we can help you find the URL you were looking for. You can disable this feature as explained here.

Well... if you are that paranoid, then you're not using services like OpenDNS as well I guess since it also has this feature (actually it is 2 times dangerous on your POV since OpenDNS response page uses Google search I believe). Perhaps we need to edit all sites by hand in the hosts file instead of dns servers or just pull the plug :p

And I wonder; are you using google.com at all? since it has all these features in it

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Re^3: [OT]: Google browser (Chrome) (win32)
by moritz (Cardinal) on Sep 03, 2008 at 14:39 UTC
    There's quite a difference in the things you describe.

    Some sites use identity tokens in the URLs, so this feature turns all broken on-site links on these pages into security breaches.

    (One could argue that identity tokens in URLs are a very bad idea anyway, but this "feature" makes it even worse).

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Re^3: [OT]: Google browser (Chrome) (win32)
by shmem (Chancellor) on Sep 03, 2008 at 14:47 UTC
    And I wonder; are you using google.com at all?

    Yes, I'm using it; but I'm not accessing it with a browser of their own make which has a unique ID, nor does Google gather my full browsing history on their servers (all that only for better servicing me with search results, of course).

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