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Microsoft Claims Google Chrome Steals Your Privacy

Posted by samzenpus on from the our-competitor-is-bad dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft is going on the offensive against Google, accusing the search giant of creating a browser that does not respect user privacy. The company posted a video, embedded below, on TechNet Edge with the following description: 'Watch a demo on how Google Chrome collects every keystroke you make and how Internet Explorer 8 keeps your information private through two address bars and In Private browsing.' Microsoft's first criticism is Chrome's combining the address bar and the search box into a single entry box; IE8 keeps those fields separate. 'By keeping these boxes separate, your privacy is better protected and the addresses of the sites you're visiting aren't automatically shared with Microsoft, or anyone else,' says IE product manager Pete LePage."

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  1. Re:Security is NOT an issue with The Cloud. by mysidia · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The cloud is not inherently secure in and of itself. A cloud deployment can have more security issues than a non-cloud deployment, very easily.

    "Security Is Not a Product; It's a Process"

    ...

    "No security product acts as magical security dust; they all require time and expertise to make work properly. You have to baby-sit them, every day. "

    ...

    "If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology."
    --Bruce Schneier

  2. Re:Look.... by Skarecrow77 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Don't use Windows, I use ubuntu 9.04, and it's not the OS. If it were the OS, why would Firefox work fine? it -is- chrome with the problem.

    And as I said above, do a search on the string:
    chrome slow "resolving host"

    it isn't just me.

  3. Re:Look.... by Skarecrow77 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    just to prove a point, I tried going directly to the IP of a few sites.

    facebook (69.63.118.11): still said "resolving host" ?!? until I gave up

    google (209.86.226.99): said "Waiting for 209.86.226.99" until I gave up

    cnn (157.166.224.25): didn't actually say anything at all for a long time, it sat there for a good damn long time before it loaded anything, then it loaded most of the page and "resolving host" popped back up.

    told you it wasn't my dns.