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Chrome's sync data is supposed to be encrypted at least with your Google account password. They could be doing all that (mining, tracking) but there is a clear,
by blfr 11y ago
Chrome's sync data is supposed to be encrypted at least with your Google account password. They could be doing all that (mining, tracking) but there is a clear, legitimate purpose to this feature: providing the same environment across computers.
- ryanhuff 11y agoSyncing data between chrome environments is different than mining usage data across google's properties. It sounds like that's the beef here. Children are required to use the Chrome systems, and parents have no say in the matter, or control over how Google uses the data.
- lsaferite 11y agoWhere did they present proof that Google is data mining vs. just syncing data across devices?
- natch 11y agoIt's Google. Any plaintext data they are in possession of is mined by definition. If all they wanted was sync, they could use some flavor of secure key exchange to protect it, as others do.
- 5ilv3r 11y agoIf it was only being synced, it would be encrypted with a client side passphrase. It is not.
- Sephr 11y agoYou can set a sync passphrase that is separate from your Google password.
- kllrnohj 11y agoBy default only passwords are encrypted afaik. There's a setting you can choose that will encrypt everything, but then you need to provide a passphrase.