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Security Fears Over Google Accelerator

Posted by Zonk on from the road-to-hell-is-paved-with-web-caching dept.

Espectr0 writes "A software tool launched by Google on Wednesday that speeds up the process of downloading Web sites (covered recently on Slashdot) has caused some users to worry about their privacy. A ZDNet article discusses problems that users have been experiencing with the information that is cached by the software. On a Google Labs discussion group, one user said that 'I went to the Futuremark forums and noticed that I'm logged in as someone I don't know...'" Commentary also available on Signal vs. Noise and BlogNewsChannel.

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  1. No cookies! by RobiOne · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I am the cookie monster, no more cookies for you!

    problem solved.

    [/joke]

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    -- Robi
  2. I'm not worried in the slightest... by IdJit · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I for one welcome our new Google overlords.

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    GET FREE APPLE STUFF!
  3. Re:Maybe i don'd understand how it works? by Ahnteis · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It doesn't (just?) cache your cookies. It caches the entire page that resulted from your settings/cookies/etc.

  4. You don't have to use it by yoyo81 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What is the uproar about? It's not as if Google is forcing this down anyone's throat. Don't like the privacy implications? Don't use it! Worry about more insidious privacy attacking things. Google is providing a service. While altruism is great and all, I don't blame them for trying to find new avenues for making a profit - if that's what this even is.

  5. What the heck does BETA mean anyways? by modeps · · Score: 0, Redundant

    They didnt launch the proxy wednesday, they made it available for the public to test. It's just like GMail folks, it's in BETA. If you dont know what that means, you probably shouldn't be using it in the first place. I'm pretty tired of all the ignorance on the web these days, it almost wants me to pull a Snake Pliskin and EMP the world for the good of humanity. Almost...