Is Google Chrome... Spyware?
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Staten Island, NY Posted: 12/5/2016 1:00:00 AM
Google Chrome is the most popular browser in the world. It's also the world's most popular spyware.
According to Wikipedia: "Spyware is software that aims to gather information about a person or organization without their knowledge and that may send such information to another entity without the consumer's consent." That's exactly what Google Chrome does.
Every time you use Google Chrome, it sends information back to Google about everything you've done online. This means that Google not only knows what you search for using their own search engine, but searches done on other search engines like Bing. It doesn't stop there. Google also knows every site you've ever visited, how long you spent on each site, and everything you've ever shopped for or purchased online. When you think of it, that's the very definition of Spyware, yet Google's been doing it for years.
Considering how much time and money people spend trying to get rid of spyware, why on earth do so many people tolerate it when Google does it? The answer is pretty simple. They don't know, because the "End User Software License Agreement" (EULA) you agree to when you install most programs are full of so much legal mumbo jumbo that you simply click accept and ignore.
All that legal yada yada can make your head spin, and the Terms and Conditions for Google Chrome are especially hard to follow because within the Terms and Conditions are clauses that make references to multiple other Google legal documents such as their generic Privacy Policy, and a distinct Privacy Policy for Chrome as it relates to "Signed In Chrome Mode", where it describes how it specifically links all your browsing history together.
Joe Crescenzi, Founder
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