Wednesday, September 3, 2008

[THIN] Never mind the privacy in Google Chrome... be more worried about IE8

The IE8 privacy policy notes:

When Suggested Sites is turned on, the addresses of websites you visit are sent to Microsoft, together with some standard information from your computer such as IP address, browser type, regional and language settings. To help protect your privacy, the information is encrypted when sent to Microsoft. Information associated with the web address, such as search terms or data you entered in forms might be included. For example, if you visited the Microsoft.com search website at http://search.microsoft.com and entered "Seattle" as the search term, the full address http://search.microsoft.com/results.aspx?q=Seattle&qsc0=0&FORM=QBMH1&mkt=en-US will be sent. Address strings might unintentionally contain personal information, but this information is not used to identify, contact or target advertising to you.

Big brother is watching! Oh my strings might contain personal information but don't worry, Microsoft won't do anything with that information. Really? Seriously? Pluheese.


Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com

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