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Google Is Bringing Chrome Remote Desktop App To Android

Posted by timothy on from the we-call-this-the-mom-view dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Google is building a Chrome remote desktop app, which lets you access other computers or another user access your computer over the Internet, for Android. The new addition, called Chromoting, will likely be pushed as a mobile version of the existing Chrome Remote Desktop offering. For those who don't know, the original Chrome Remote Desktop is an extension for Google's browser. It was first released as a beta in October 2011 and could be used to control another one of your own computers as well as a friend's or family member's (usually to help with IT issues)."

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  1. No Chrome for me thanks by NobleSavage · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I feel dirty using Chrome. It's made by Google and I just assume they are snooping on me. For this reason I stick to Firefox even though Chrome is probably faster.

    1. Re:No Chrome for me thanks by Seumas · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I think you are missing the point. This is 2013 and the concern for Google serving you with targeted ads in return for a service has been superseded by the reality that they are essentially a massive data collection service (directly and systematically or indirectly and by coercion -- but let's not act like there aren't nefarious ties to the government, here) for state.

      It is 2013 and people *long* for the more carefree days of the past when the biggest security/privacy concern was targeted ads.

    2. Re:No Chrome for me thanks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      If anything, for some time, Slashdot has had a everything-Google-must-be-good bias.

      I'm glad that their good-boy image is finally being revised.
      Recent events have shown that while Google may not be worse than other companies in the industry, they're certainly not better.

  2. Hm by Shemmie · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Am I the only one who's gone from 'oooo, that's cool!' to 'I'm not sure I feel comfortable with that' with a lot of new technology from 'the big guys' recently?

    Google own my life. And by extension, my Government, other Governments, security agencies, and many corporate interests own my life.

    I've known this forever (and tried not to think about it too much), but with recent disclosures, it's really brought it all home.

    All tech I look at now I'm finally asking "So... what data does that give you access to?". It's taking time to figure out a migration path for all my current solutions, but I'm slowly trying to find a route where I'm in control of my data. I know that this probably makes me an idiot, and those that were always privacy concious can laugh - but meh, it's better late than never to come to this realization that I can't trust any third party. Isn't it?