Google Releases Google Browser Sync Extension

Pneuma ROCKS writes "Google has just released the Google Browser Sync extension for Firefox. This extension allows you to save your bookmarks, history and passwords on Google servers, effectively giving you a 'roaming profile,' which you can sync on any computer running Firefox (and the extension, of course)."

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Re:Encrypted?

[tftp]

From that link:

in a format that is nearly impossible to interpret without the PIN

I think by saying "nearly" they confessed that this PIN won't stop them.

For all I know, they take an arbitrarily long PIN, generate a 256-bit hash out of it, and for example zero the first 250 bits. The result is used as your secret key. Enjoy!

Re:Encrypted?

[Zemran]

anyone who might hack in

You do not have to worry about that as Google will quite happily give your data to anyone that asks saving them the trouble of hacking. O.K., I am going a little overboard about the Chinese incident but I would think that Google is now one of the last companies that I would trust with my personal data. I live in Thailand were it is a crime to criticise the King and it can still gets you into trouble if you say the wrong thing about the government. I am stopped from using proxies etc. I have to be careful if I am saying something that they do not want me to say and Google have a Thai site - www.google.co.th. Would I trust them not to let the Thai gov read all my data? You must be having a laugh.