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Microsoft Claims Google Chrome Steals Your Privacy
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."
Did you not read TFA at all ?
You can not only choose which search provider to use the search suggestions, you can also turn off search suggestions in chrome !!
Yes, and have looked over Chrome (and used some) personally. All of these settings are hidden in the advanced settings dialog, and how many users you think are going to check those just to know their privacy isn't violated? That is exactly what Google also counts for. The fact is, Chrome is the most privacy intrusive browser for everyone and I'm quite sure most of their reasoning to create it was to datamine. That's their business after all.
You mean via the same mechanism where you type information into 'Bing', and then 'Bing' responds with your search results?
No, I meant web forms, not Bing.
Most people don't type in 100 character URL's (I don't know of any) they either have it bookmarked, or they search for it via, you guess it, the search engine like Google, Bing, or whatnot.
Yeah and most of they use AOL keywords anyway...