Google is not your friend.
March 8, 2005 2:38 PM Subscribe
Do no evil? Google's new AutoLink feature has already raised quite a bit of controversy, even here. And yet, even amidst such
heavy criticism, the most glaring problem with it hasn't really been touched
on: AutoLink sends every page you visit to Google. According to Google's
Toolbar Privacy Policy, they're allowed to use that content any way they
like. Combine that with the dreaded 2038 cookie and you
have an archive of your entire web-surfing history, every page you've ever
viewed, when you've viewed it, and a privacy issue that would make George
Orwell squirm.
This post was deleted for the following reason: we've discussed this twice recently, and the toolbar has always gathered data. post this to your own blog.
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