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> Google's closed-source spyware-browser This is serious FUD with no evidence.

josteink 12y ago
Closed-source is not disputable, it's a fact. Which leaves the issue of your privacy: do you know what Google records of your data when using chrome, where it gets uploaded and stored, and how often? I don't, and there's no way to know (due to closed source nature) so I don't trust it. That's not FUD. Those are facts.
- bojo 12y ago
  You can examine your TCP traffic and verify that Chrome is or isn't doing anything with your data. That's a fact. A lot of security experts out there would be making noise if they discovered that Chrome was phoning home, or doing anything overtly malicious.
  - josteink 12y ago
    So do you not consider sending every keystroke in your address bar spying? I do. http://www.favbrowser.com/google-chrome-spyware-confirmed/ http://www.favbrowser.com/google-chrome-spyware-confirmed/ There's probably more, especially with sync enabled, like Google permanently storing your web site history, which cannot be verified from the client alone, because the server sync engine is 100% closed and hosted by Google.
    - bojo 12y ago
      I don't consider it spying when you have the option to turn it off. https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95656?hl=en https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95656?hl=en Sync is pretty obvious since you clearly have no control over the backend. However, that is a non-issue for someone paranoid enough about where their data goes. Clearly you don't enable it. I think a healthy dose of paranoia in today's world is fine. I worry a lot about what apps are sending what data where, and whether I have control over that. You, however, seem to just be making blatant claims and touting them as fact. You are part of the problem because you are spouting what amounts to misinformation, and not considering that we have tools available to us with which to verify what an application actually does and whether it is malicious or not.

Closed-source is not disputable, it's a fact. Which leaves the issue of your privacy: do you know what Google records of your data when using chrome, where it gets uploaded and stored, and how often? I don't, and there's no way to know (due to closed source nature) so I don't trust it. That's not FUD. Those are facts.

bojo 12y ago
You can examine your TCP traffic and verify that Chrome is or isn't doing anything with your data. That's a fact. A lot of security experts out there would be making noise if they discovered that Chrome was phoning home, or doing anything overtly malicious.
- josteink 12y ago
  So do you not consider sending every keystroke in your address bar spying? I do. http://www.favbrowser.com/google-chrome-spyware-confirmed/ http://www.favbrowser.com/google-chrome-spyware-confirmed/ There's probably more, especially with sync enabled, like Google permanently storing your web site history, which cannot be verified from the client alone, because the server sync engine is 100% closed and hosted by Google.
  - bojo 12y ago
    I don't consider it spying when you have the option to turn it off. https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95656?hl=en https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95656?hl=en Sync is pretty obvious since you clearly have no control over the backend. However, that is a non-issue for someone paranoid enough about where their data goes. Clearly you don't enable it. I think a healthy dose of paranoia in today's world is fine. I worry a lot about what apps are sending what data where, and whether I have control over that. You, however, seem to just be making blatant claims and touting them as fact. You are part of the problem because you are spouting what amounts to misinformation, and not considering that we have tools available to us with which to verify what an application actually does and whether it is malicious or not.