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Am I correct in assuming that chrome is now a keylogger in regards to your url bar, and perhaps clipboard?

• frognition 10y ago
  Ive always assumed that each urn visited in chrome is reported back to google. The data is crazy valuable in a lot of ways.
  • HappyFunGuy 10y ago
    What good browser is free of this horror?
    • gpm 10y ago
      Firefox?
    • Trundle 10y ago
      Chromium?
      • kminehart 10y ago
        Is it though?
        • mmel 10y ago
          It is, if you don't sign the browser into Google, disable all telemetry and prediction options, and use a non-Google search engine.
    • JJJollyjim 10y ago
      Firefox prompts you before even turning on search prediction, and it asks you about telemetry at first startup.
      • reitanqild 10y ago
        For people like me Firefox offer the best of both worlds: * No google keylogger in the main url bar (but local autocomplete based on previous history, bookmarks etc) * access to autocomplete in search field next to url bar (I think removing this was one of the simplifications in the original Chrome.) Ctrl-L: go to url bar Ctrl-K: go to search field
    • deleted 10y ago
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    • fermuch 10y ago
      Qutebrowser.
      • arm 10y ago
        qutebrowser¹ is fantastic. I just wish it had more ways to block trackers on webpages (other than just completely disabling JavaScript—even being able to whitelist JavaScript on certain hostnames would be a huge start). ―――――― ¹ — https://qutebrowser.org/ https://qutebrowser.org/
• mccr8 10y ago
  Chrome sends things you type in the URL bar to Google to do prediction: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95656?hl=en https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95656?hl=en From that page it sounds like it is on by default.
• lagadu 10y ago
  Technically anything that displays real-time search suggestions as you type is a keylogger, Firefox's included.