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Shocking: Google toolbar recording data from any browser!

IE closed, toolbar sending data

         

activeco

11:28 pm on Jul 12, 2005 (gmt 0)

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I have Google toolbar installed in IE only.
Recently I closed all IE instances and continued browsing using Firefox, when I noticed further activity of toolbar in my local http sniffer.
I couldn't believe it, it was sending data for every page I visited in Firefox!
I guess they will say that by accepting TOS we agreed to be followed, no matter where we installed it.
Just unbelievable.

activeco

5:11 am on Jul 13, 2005 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



False alarm.
It was 2:10 in the morning, too tired, I didn't realise I was surfing with PR viewer (not toolbar) installed on Firefox.