WebGuerrilla - 4:59 am on Apr 11, 2002 (gmt 0)

The thing everyone who uses any kind of toolbar add-on needs to keep in mind is that they all phone home, and some (Alexa) do crawl the URLS they collect.

And as Googleguy pointed out, the privacy statements almost always include language that makes it O.K. for them to implement such a policy in the future.

Having had Alexa show up and begin tearing through a not-for-the-public site in the past, I've made it a standard policy to not use any toolbar equipped browser when doing any kind of sensitive work.

Even though I believe that Google isn't currently using their toolbar for crawling purposes, I'm also not real confident that they'll send me a personal email If/when they change their mind. :)