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Chrome EULA Reserves the Right To Filter Your Web

Posted by timothy on from the here's-some-birdseed-for-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Recently, I decided to try out Google Chrome. With my usual mistrust of Google, I decided to carefully read the EULA before installing the software. I paused when I stumbled upon this section: '7.3 Google reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse or remove any or all Content from any Service. For some of the Services, Google may provide tools to filter out explicit sexual content. These tools include the SafeSearch preference settings (see google.com/help/customize.html#safe). In addition, there are commercially available services and software to limit access to material that you may find objectionable.' Does this mean that Google reserves the right to filter my web browsing experience in Chrome (without my consent to boot)? Is this a carry-over from the EULAs of Google's other services (gmail, blogger etc), or is this something more significant? One would think that after the previous EULA affair with Chrome, Google would try to sound a little less draconian." Update: 04/05 21:14 GMT by T : Google's Gabriel Stricker alerted me to an informative followup: "We saw your Slashdot post and published the following clarification on the Google Chrome blog."

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  1. Tinfoil Hat Purchasing Advice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am in the market for a Tin Foil Hat but so far have been unsuccessful in purchasing a really good one.

    I did some research on where to buy the best models and took the bus to the store to buy. The salesman was very helpful and I was starting to feel good that all that research had paid off and I would soon be safe.

    But then it hit me. The salesman was being TOO HELPFUL! I immediately saw right through the deception. He was one of THEM!

    I immediately ran from the store doing my best to cover my face with a series of dive rolls towards the door and managed to make it out of the store safely. But I was now in clear sight of THEM with no where to hide.

    After desperately running down the street I managed to find refuge in a woman's bathroom for a few moments before the screams of female THEMs alerted the THEM enforcers with blue uniforms and gold badges. They dragged me away to a nearby THEM detention center with others. Not a single other detainee was wearing a Tin Foil Hat - the poor sods.

    I vowed to never let this happen again. I am glad people like timothy are out there look out for us and protecting us from THEM.

    Thank you timothy!

    PS. I am writing this post out with my own feces. So please excuse the penmanship.

  2. Mistrust of Google by Rix · · Score: 5, Funny

    Usually just translates as "I'm an asshole spammer-SEO upset that my shenanigans get nixed".