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Aside for the browser storage, they also log every search request made from your browser. Since the only way to type a URL is to put it into the search bar, tha
by sam_goody 9y ago
Aside for the browser storage, they also log every search request made from your browser. Since the only way to type a URL is to put it into the search bar, that means they get a log of every page you visit, how often you go there, how long yu spend there, etc. without triggering any other licenses or boxes.
The same profiling is done from Safari and other Chromium / Blink browsers that have the "awesome address bar"
I have read that when you visit a page with Analytics (which is like everywhere) Chrome has special handling so as to give them a more complete dataset without it being the browser that is officially collecting it.
- ryanwaggoner 9y agothey also log every search request made from your browser. Since the only way to type a URL is to put it into the search bar, that means they get a log of every page you visit, how often you go there, how long yu spend there, etc. without triggering any other licenses or boxes. Not sure I follow. Why can't chrome just detect whether you entered a URL or not? If URL, load without sending to Google. If not a URL, send as search to Google.
- Macha 9y agofacebook is not a url. facebook.com is. You need to type the first as part of typing the second.
- djmobley 9y agoI think you're confusing the address bar autocomplete functionality with something more sinister. It's simple and straightforward to disable the autocomplete functionality in Chrome.