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0 pointsicelancer11y ago0 comments

> Google's closed-source spyware-browser

This is serious FUD with no evidence.

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josteink11y ago· 2 in thread

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.

bojo11y 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.

josteink11y ago

So do you not consider sending every keystroke in your address bar spying? I do.

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.

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