Google Chrome getting your private information

Google has always been somewhat ignorant on Privacy, and with their new browser, it won't be any different. With their search engine, all our searches are monitored and stored, but that really wasn't much of an invasion into your privacy. However, maybe this time, google's gone too far.

Sure, google said they would take back some of their terms, and they did, its just that, those that they took back weren't the real problems. According to Google, they will be storing 2% of the data that you enter into the browser address bar, and the search bars, also known as the Omnibox, which is used to returning relevant results before you search or type the whole address in, so that it makes it easier for you. However, google is going to track the terms and characters you type, even before you press enter or click the button. What does that mean? It means if you use the backspace key to erase what you wrote, or decide not to search after all, google will still know what you wanted to write, or at least what you already wrote. Along with the data that google plans to record, they will also be recording the Internet Protocol Address (IP address) of the individual computer that comes with it.
But this is only when you have the auto suggest feature turned on, but it's on by default. You can also avoid sending information by using the Incognito feature or changing the default search provider to other than google.

You've really got to think about what google is trying to do here. I supposed some people will just say that it's better to have this information with google than some other company, but I think it's wrong for any company to have such information. Maybe it would be less impacting if the IP address weren't also stored. Google needs to realize that some or most people want to be able to surf privately.

On a side note, it seems that google wants to compete against Microsoft's OS dominance by using a browser based system to replace the OS. However, this can't possibly happen for a long while. There are a lot of uses for a real OS, and there will be more to come. Just because most people seem to use the computer for the Internet, doesn't mean the OS is unimportant. Try to imagine doing everything you currently do on your computer, with a browser. Strange isn't it? Or maybe not so. After all, we have to use Windows Explorer to look for things. But the key thing here is that the OS does more than just that. A lot more. And if you pay attention to what you do with your computer on a regular basis, I'm sure you'll recognize that. So stop the talk about google being a huge threat to microsoft. Microsoft isn't idling either, you know. I agree that google is going to cause some changes, but it's not really going to cause a major shift in market share of browsers and the OS.

Tags: Google, Internet, Microsoft, browsers, Google Chrome, Chrome, IP tracking, Privacy, search, Omnibox, BlitzTech Blog

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