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Hope there's an opt out. I can imagine all this web history coming back to bite some day. For example during a murder trial: "And is it true Mr X, that you bro

by coopdog 14y ago

Hope there's an opt out. I can imagine all this web history coming back to bite some day. For example during a murder trial: "And is it true Mr X, that you browsed the page 'Top 10 amusing CSI murder strategies" "Yes, but.." "And was number 6 not the exact method used to murder Ms Y?" Jury murmers in disapproval It's like numerology, the more data points you have the higher than odds of finding a couple of data points that coincidentally line up, all in a conveniently subpoena friendly Google data centre.

mehrzad 14y ago
Solution: use a different browser. Other browsers on Android do have certain benefits. Opera has userscripts, Firefox has add-ons.
igrigorik 14y ago
You have to explicitly enable it in chrome://flags - the default is off. So, yes, there is definitely an opt out!
- mmastrac 14y ago
  Can we run our own proxies? That would be a good compromise - and we could tunnel SSL to our own servers safely and privately.
  - cbr 14y ago
    This guy did: http://00f.net/2012/06/02/mod-pagespeed-as-a-proxy-for-your-phone/ http://00f.net/2012/06/02/mod-pagespeed-as-a-proxy-for-your-... And so did this guy: http://vincent.bernat.im/en/blog/2011-mobile-browsing-content-optimization.html http://vincent.bernat.im/en/blog/2011-mobile-browsing-conten... You could even take mod_pagespeed and start selling your own competing optimizing proxy; it's open source. (Evil idea: run an optimizing proxy in a part of the world with very slow or expensive-per-byte internet and make money via ad insertion or replacement.)
    - mmastrac 14y ago
      Now to figure out how to combine this with mod_spdy.
- zobzu 14y ago
  Its because it's in testing stages. I'm pretty sure that if it works well, it'll just be default, and you'll be able to optout in chrome://flags (which most regular people don't know about anyways)
  - ithkuil 14y ago
    Well, I guess it's also possible to promote that to a more user friendly setting.
Mahn 14y ago
You might want to consider not to murder someone.
- daeken 14y ago
  You completely missed the point. The point is that it could be evidence used against him when falsely accused of murder.
  - Mahn 14y ago
    Right, I stand corrected, I guess I read the comment too quickly.
esolyt 14y ago
Well, you would probably reach that page from a Google search anyway.
cbr 14y ago
It's (currently, at least) opt-in.
dave1010uk 14y ago
You also need to disable Chrome from auto-suggesting websites based on the URL you're typing. And take care not to use Google search. Or visit any pages with Google ads / analytics / CDN hosted files. Or use their DNS services. Or use Google Fiber or any of their public wifi. Or be in sight of anyone using Google Glass.
- Achshar 14y ago
  Or simply use tor?

by coopdog 14y ago

mehrzad 14y ago

Solution: use a different browser. Other browsers on Android do have certain benefits. Opera has userscripts, Firefox has add-ons.

igrigorik 14y ago

You have to explicitly enable it in chrome://flags - the default is off. So, yes, there is definitely an opt out!

mmastrac 14y ago
Can we run our own proxies? That would be a good compromise - and we could tunnel SSL to our own servers safely and privately.
- cbr 14y ago
  This guy did: http://00f.net/2012/06/02/mod-pagespeed-as-a-proxy-for-your-phone/ http://00f.net/2012/06/02/mod-pagespeed-as-a-proxy-for-your-... And so did this guy: http://vincent.bernat.im/en/blog/2011-mobile-browsing-content-optimization.html http://vincent.bernat.im/en/blog/2011-mobile-browsing-conten... You could even take mod_pagespeed and start selling your own competing optimizing proxy; it's open source. (Evil idea: run an optimizing proxy in a part of the world with very slow or expensive-per-byte internet and make money via ad insertion or replacement.)
  - mmastrac 14y ago
    Now to figure out how to combine this with mod_spdy.
zobzu 14y ago
Its because it's in testing stages. I'm pretty sure that if it works well, it'll just be default, and you'll be able to optout in chrome://flags (which most regular people don't know about anyways)
- ithkuil 14y ago
  Well, I guess it's also possible to promote that to a more user friendly setting.

Mahn 14y ago

You might want to consider not to murder someone.

daeken 14y ago
You completely missed the point. The point is that it could be evidence used against him when falsely accused of murder.
- Mahn 14y ago
  Right, I stand corrected, I guess I read the comment too quickly.

esolyt 14y ago

Well, you would probably reach that page from a Google search anyway.

cbr 14y ago

It's (currently, at least) opt-in.

dave1010uk 14y ago

You also need to disable Chrome from auto-suggesting websites based on the URL you're typing. And take care not to use Google search. Or visit any pages with Google ads / analytics / CDN hosted files. Or use their DNS services. Or use Google Fiber or any of their public wifi. Or be in sight of anyone using Google Glass.

Achshar 14y ago
Or simply use tor?