![]() ![]() Simply stating that Google is, for a lot of people, the lesser evil. ![]() To the other John – of course, I’m not trying to justify Google. Then there’s Google Update (“Information about how often Chrome is used, details about the OS and Chrome version.”) which comes with Windows and Mac version, but not with the Linux version that I’m using – back when I was using a really old Windows PC and dial-up, that thing would never shut up, to the point of breaking my connection, and there was no simple way to disable it. That said, according to Wikipedia they register when you install it (I don’t think that’s a big secret), then there’s the opt-in ClientID – “Unique identifier along with user preferences, logs of usage metrics and crashes.” – and text typed into the address bar (I assume if using Google as a search engine). My cynical side would also say “yes” (hey, I’m sure they would if they could – can they?) although rationally Chrome should simply be Google’s free browser that delivers you the smoothest Google experience (YouTube, Gmail, showing ads etc). ![]()
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