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Google Toolbar Tracks Your Browsing, Even When Off

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yeah-that-was-like-a-bug-or-something dept.

garg0yle writes "Google's Toolbar is supposed to allow the user to disable it. However, it was discovered by a researcher that it was still sending information even when disabled. A patch is now available, and Google claims this was just a bug, not a feature."

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  1. Re:No toolbar here by Shakrai · · Score: 3, Interesting

    the main issue is the way they are making money out of it (e.g. they profit from farming your browsing habits).

    If it bothers you that much then install CustomizeGoogle and block their click tracking and cookies. That's a free solution that will prevent them from building up much of a profile on you. If you want to spend a little bit of money you can use an Anonymous web proxy to go a step further and keep them from associating your IP address to your search queries.

    Point being, there are ways around Google's invasive data mining for those who are willing to invest a small amount of effort.

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