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Google Browser Sync Source Released

Posted by timothy on from the how-every-orphan-should-be-treated dept.

AySz88 writes "Google has made an official announcement of their decision to discontinue Google Browser Sync. But it comes with a brighter side — its source code is now open and available."

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  1. privacy by iMaple · · Score: 4, Insightful

    One of the reasons why the browersync was popular is that people trusted Google with their setting and passwords and bookmarks( I mean they already have my email, my calender, my photos, my IM history, my cc number).

    Now its not easy for someone to convert this into a generic extension, unless everyone trusts that person already. What the source could be useful for, is syncing it to your own server (or say a university server). The extension can be modified so that the sync server could be made customizable.. that way your data remains with you.

    1. Re:privacy by glop · · Score: 3, Insightful

      You could also encrypt the data before sending it to the server.
      That way any web server is just fine and trustworthy.

    2. Re:privacy by TooMuchToDo · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Have the plugin talk to a bucket at Amazon S3. Encrypt the data. Done.

  2. Re:WEAVE by trash+eighty · · Score: 4, Informative

    Weave is ridiculously in alpha, i couldn't even create an account using that without it crashing, Google Browser Sync just worked. Foxmarks seems to do the trick for now anyway.

  3. Re:WEAVE by Chyeld · · Score: 4, Informative

    You are misinformed.