Google Promises Chrome Changes After Privacy Complaints (cnet.com)

Google, on the defensive from concerns raised about how Chrome tracks its users, has promised changes to its web browser. From a report: Two complaints in recent days involve how Google stores data about browsing activity in files called cookies and how it syncs personal data across different devices. Google representatives said Monday and Tuesday there's nothing to be worried about but that they'll be changing Chrome nevertheless. "We've heard -- and appreciate -- your feedback from the last few days, and we'll be making some product changes," tweeted Parisa Tabriz, a security team leader at Google. Google added in a blog post Tuesday evening that it will add new options and explanations for its interface and reverse one Chrome cookie-hoarding policy that undermined people's attempts to clear those cookies.

Comments

Never. Ever. Trust. Google.

[Anonymous Coward]

NEVER!

They got caught..

[sqorbit]

It seems to be the current thought process in corporations is that they have very little concern for privacy unless they get caught. Suddenly after they get caught they are all about privacy for a brief period to get some good PR.

**FAR** TOO LATE

[mujadaddy]

When the word about Dragonfly came out, I knew that had to put my principles before my convenience

Google is now, and I believe irrevocably, not a company with whom I want to do business. They took their advantage and have firmly leveraged it against the public interest.

Advertising networks, and Google's specifically, need to be dealt with by the FTC immediately. We have the right to be secure in our correspondence in the USA. "Let me move your correspondence for free, and I will read everything about it, compile it, and sell what I can" is not a contract many people would join if the terms were laid so plainly.

We're sorry we got caught

[nwaack]

Google: "We're sorry we got caught doing something evil (yet again). We'll be more careful not to get caught next time."

Translation

[Hallux-F-Sinister]

Google will pretend to change things, and more quietly implement what we'll call, for convenience's sake, Plan B. If they get caught, there'll be an excuse for why it's not the same thing as they were doing before, they'll apologize, promise to change, possibly fire someone and/or rearrange bits of the company, and even more quietly implement whatever they will call it, but we may as well call it Plan C. If THAT gets leaked or discovered...

Why do you think they call it ALPHABET?!? They have at least 26 plans for how to screw users over and rip them off and get even richer, and if they exhaust those, they'll either move on to another, perhaps starting with the Greek, (Plan Alpha, Plan Beta, etc.,) or perhaps start incorporating numbers.

Maybe they'll even try to change their name to "Alphanumeric". Shit... I should see if there's already one of those and if not trademark THAT, and buy-up the domain name... nah. OTOH, I don't really care enough to bother looking. But that is kind of a cool name, right?