> "But you're going to have to explain to me how I can read or write a file on a ChromeOS without Google knowing what is read or written." Well you can use HTM

> "But you're going to have to explain to me how I can read or write a file on a ChromeOS without Google knowing what is read or written." Well you can use HTML5 local storage, cookies, db etc, or you can store stuff on 'the cloud'. If you don't trust google, then that's another matter. How do I know that my linksys router isn't tracking everything I do? Because I trust linksys not to do that. Same here. If I buy a ChromeOS device, I'll just have to trust Google aren't going to be evil.