Google Desktop Search

drjolt

http://desktop.google.com/

daggeredge

and it also does a "report back" to google about what files are on your hard drive.....see here
typical :rolleyes:

drjolt

daggeredge wrote:

and it also does a "report back" to google about what files are on your hard drive.....see here
typical :rolleyes:

Uh, yeah, that's a typical register article, in that it's complete nonsense, written by one of Google's competitors.

Fenster

The Register is the Linix equivalent of the Microsoft "Get the Facts" campaign.

Its great for telling you all about the wonders of Linux, frequently amusing in how they get it wrong and it mostly operates independently of reality.

daveirl

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moridin

drjolt wrote:

Uh, yeah, that's a typical register article, in that it's complete nonsense, written by one of Google's competitors.

As opposed to a google employee? :rolleyes:

An Independent (professional) opinion would be good. Anyone got any more fact-filled links?

MrPinK

daggeredge wrote:

and it also does a "report back" to google about what files are on your hard drive

No it doesn't. Read the article again

Google's Desktop represents a privacy disaster just waiting to happen, a rival has warned. David Burns, Copernic CEO, says users should know that the giant ad broker intends to mix public and private queries in the future

And that's just the opinion of a competitor. It's fairly easy to know if a prog is sending info back, and if you have a good software firewall you can prevent the prog from accessing the internet.

Capt'n Midnight

MrPinK wrote:

It's fairly easy to know if a prog is sending info back, and if you have a good software firewall you can prevent the prog from accessing the internet.

Note: the XPSP2 firewall does not block Outgoing traffic.
If you are worried about privacy - Gmail anyone ?

Spunog UIE

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MrPinK wrote:

... if you have a good software firewall you can prevent the prog from accessing the internet.