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IIRC, it has components of Google Toolbar built in. If you accessed those pages with a browser with the Google Toolbar you'd have experienced the same.

philfreo 15y ago
I'm hoping you're offering that as an FYI, rather than as a justification... because it's not a very good justification
aboodman 15y ago
You recall incorrectly. Chrome does not send the URLs of pages you visit to Google for indexing, or for any other reason. Please see the privacy policy. It answers these questions quite clearly: http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacy/ http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacy/
- WalterGR 15y ago
  http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/privacy.html http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/privacy.html ... > When you type URLs or queries in the address bar, the letters you type are sent to your default search engine so the Suggest feature can automatically recommend terms or URLs you may be looking for. If you choose Google as your search engine, Google Chrome will contact Google when it starts so as to determine the best local address to send search queries. If you choose to share usage statistics with Google and you accept a suggested query or URL, Google Chrome will send that information to Google as well. You can disable this feature as explained here. ... > 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. ... > If you enable the optional AutoFill feature, which automatically completes web forms for you, Google Chrome will send Google limited information about the structure of pages that have web forms and information such as the arrangement of the form so that we can improve our AutoFill service for that page. (end excerpts) Could you give us more information about the AutoFill feature? Does it send the URL along with the listed information? Does it do this for every URL that contains a web form?

philfreo 15y ago

I'm hoping you're offering that as an FYI, rather than as a justification... because it's not a very good justification

aboodman 15y ago

You recall incorrectly. Chrome does not send the URLs of pages you visit to Google for indexing, or for any other reason. Please see the privacy policy. It answers these questions quite clearly: http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacy/ http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacy/

WalterGR 15y ago
http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/privacy.html http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/privacy.html ... > When you type URLs or queries in the address bar, the letters you type are sent to your default search engine so the Suggest feature can automatically recommend terms or URLs you may be looking for. If you choose Google as your search engine, Google Chrome will contact Google when it starts so as to determine the best local address to send search queries. If you choose to share usage statistics with Google and you accept a suggested query or URL, Google Chrome will send that information to Google as well. You can disable this feature as explained here. ... > 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. ... > If you enable the optional AutoFill feature, which automatically completes web forms for you, Google Chrome will send Google limited information about the structure of pages that have web forms and information such as the arrangement of the form so that we can improve our AutoFill service for that page. (end excerpts) Could you give us more information about the AutoFill feature? Does it send the URL along with the listed information? Does it do this for every URL that contains a web form?