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Well Chrome does this too, and uses that data, combined with your Gmail and Google Drive info, to provide "better" Google results. I don't really care either wa

Well Chrome does this too, and uses that data, combined with your Gmail and Google Drive info, to provide "better" Google results. I don't really care either way, but let's be a bit level-headed here and accept that the two of the biggest browsers in the market are from companies that run search engines and realize that cross-data sharing is pretty much the industry norm.

magicalist 13y ago
> Well Chrome does this too, and uses that data, combined with your Gmail and Google Drive info, to provide "better" Google results No it doesn't: https://www.google.com/intl/en-US/chrome/browser/privacy/ https://www.google.com/intl/en-US/chrome/browser/privacy/ Your search history is used (if you have it turned on), but that's just from using google.com for search and is independent of the browser you use.
- throwawaykf03 13y ago
  Who needs a browser to track users when you have the whole Internet telling you what users do on their sites? The means may be different, but the ends are the same: users are tracked all across the Internet.
- mau 13y ago
  "Some versions of Chrome feature Safe Browsing technology that can identify potentially harmful sites and executable file downloads not already known by Google. Information regarding a potentially harmful site or executable file download (including the full URL of the site or executable file download) may be sent to Google to help determine whether the site or download is harmful. Google does not collect any account information or other personally identifying information as part of this contact, but does receive standard log information, including an IP address, URL visited and one or more cookies." It's a bit confusing for me, it looks like they are collecting visited urls as they are not considered personal identifying information. I've just learned that with the spellcheck feature they are basically receiving all the text I write on the Internet to their servers. By the way are we really discussing about the privacy policy of a company that sent its data to NSA? I'm not condemning them, still we should be aware of this and never forget.

magicalist 13y ago

> Well Chrome does this too, and uses that data, combined with your Gmail and Google Drive info, to provide "better" Google results No it doesn't: https://www.google.com/intl/en-US/chrome/browser/privacy/ https://www.google.com/intl/en-US/chrome/browser/privacy/ Your search history is used (if you have it turned on), but that's just from using google.com for search and is independent of the browser you use.

throwawaykf03 13y ago
Who needs a browser to track users when you have the whole Internet telling you what users do on their sites? The means may be different, but the ends are the same: users are tracked all across the Internet.
mau 13y ago
"Some versions of Chrome feature Safe Browsing technology that can identify potentially harmful sites and executable file downloads not already known by Google. Information regarding a potentially harmful site or executable file download (including the full URL of the site or executable file download) may be sent to Google to help determine whether the site or download is harmful. Google does not collect any account information or other personally identifying information as part of this contact, but does receive standard log information, including an IP address, URL visited and one or more cookies." It's a bit confusing for me, it looks like they are collecting visited urls as they are not considered personal identifying information. I've just learned that with the spellcheck feature they are basically receiving all the text I write on the Internet to their servers. By the way are we really discussing about the privacy policy of a company that sent its data to NSA? I'm not condemning them, still we should be aware of this and never forget.