Google Toolbar Keeps Tracking Your Browsing Even After You Choose Disable?
Security expert Ben Edelman has done some digging, and he’s discovered that Google toolbar keeps tracking your browsing even after you disable that option. He’s also noticed that Google makes it easier to enable than disable certain tracking features, all of which make the Google toolbar a somewhat shady affair if you’re concerned about your privacy.
A very detailed explanation can be found on Edelman’s blog. In addition to the problems named above, he also quotes some bits from Google Toolbar’s installation and privacy disclosures, which seem to have worsened over time.
Google has recently taken a very big step towards protecting their users’ security and privacy by refusing to operate under some of China’s rules. But it makes it easy to forget that Google itself has a history of privacy issues, some of which seemingly still haven’t been resolved.
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