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Polishing off the new Chrome
Posted on May 22nd, 2009 at 08:57 2 commentsIt’s been a slow news week, with British tabloid The Sun taking top ranks for titillating news, confirming what we’ve all known for decades: IT workers are the best in bed.
Nevermind.
Now comes word that Google has officially raised the version number for its Chrome browser. Chrome 2.0 (actually, Chrome 2.0.172.28), branded a “stable update” – probably to differentiate it from all of those unstable updates – includes substantial speed improvements, improved security, a number of interface tweaks, and more stability.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t address the substantial privacy concerns that are part and parcel of Chrome’s operation. Michael Muchmore at PCMag put it well:
Will Chrome be just another way for the company to gather even more detailed information on your activities and habits? The designers have said that the JavaScript renderer works in a virtual machine with no access to the rest of your system, but that’s not necessarily the case for the app as a whole. Also, the tech press has noted that each copy of Chrome has an identifying number that’s tied to any data Google collects. It’s worrisome, and a move similar to one Microsoft took a lot of heat for a few years ago with the Windows XP launch.
So by all means take Chrome 2 for a spin, but realize that Big Brother may be watching.
2 responses to “Polishing off the new Chrome”
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Chrome eyes are watching you.
Read the EULA, and avoid Chrome ’til that EULA is fixed. Recently, some tech writers kicked up a fuss about how Google Chrome’s EULA gives Google the right to track your surfing habits, filter what you see, and so on.
Quote: “Google reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, reuse or remove any or all content from our service”.
Google responded that this was just a repetition of the bog-standard EULA that the rest of their sotware carries, but calling something “standard” is not an adequate excuse. It’s a euphemism for “we’re screwing with the end users en masse, and we don’t care about you.”
Care. And just say “Hell, NO!” to Big Brother.
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ouch!
Google Chrome is still missing a Print Preview option, which is featured in IE/Firefox/Mozilla/Netscape/Safari/Opera browsers.
Chrome version 1.0 was a big disappointment to me since it had a bunch of missing features but Chrome 2.0 beta has included some of them such as support for “Chrome Extensions” which are similar to the Firefox Add-ons. The google chrome extensions are in developmental stages and are not in final production yet.
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