Der Googel Krome Ist in der Schmutz

September 8, 2008 at 8:55 am PT

Google’s new Chrome browser hasn’t been available for a week yet and already, privacy advocates are sounding alarms. Over the weekend, Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security warned against using the browser, which it fears collects and centralizes a bit too much user data with Google (GOOG). “It was said to be risky that user data is hoarded with a single vendor,” the Berliner Zeitung reported. “With its search engine, email program and the new browser, Google now covers all important areas on the Internet.”

Tagged with: Berliner Zeitung, browser, Chrome, email, Federal Office for Information Security, Germany, Google, Internet, John Paczkowski, privacy, search engine, user data

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http://www.kenokel.com Ken Okel

If a stranger walks up to me on the street, I’d never give my personal information to him. But people are more than happy to part with their privacy if they feel they are getting something good for it. It’s a business principle of reciprocity that’s been around for years. Of course, the potential misuse of information is the bit you tend to forget during “the deal.”