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From: Keith Keller on 8 Jul 2010 23:34 On 2010-07-08, Sam <sam(a)email-scan.com> wrote: > > Sniffing packets is not rocket science. I'm sure that someone already tried > that. And if they saw something nefarious, we would know by now. Did somebody, or somebodies, sniff every closed-source version of Chrome that's been released? Yes, this is probably overly paranoid, and no, I'm not advocating it. But the only way to be 100% sure would be to sniff your own version, not rely on someone else's result. --keith -- kkeller-usenet(a)wombat.san-francisco.ca.us (try just my userid to email me) AOLSFAQ=http://www.therockgarden.ca/aolsfaq.txt see X- headers for PGP signature information
From: mjt on 8 Jul 2010 23:41 On Thu, 8 Jul 2010 20:34:47 -0700 Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet(a)wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> wrote: > > Sniffing packets is not rocket science. I'm sure that someone > > already tried that. And if they saw something nefarious, we would > > know by now. > > Did somebody, or somebodies, sniff every closed-source version of > Chrome that's been released? Various entities have done it, back about 2+ years ago. Yea, there was a bit of calling home, but it was for confirmation of installation and update checks, but not for what "Big Brother advocates" preach - that Google was "spying" on folks. Chrome does "call" in some respects, as in URL-completion and that sort of thing - much what all browsers do. -- Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. - G. B. Shaw <<< Remove YOURSHOES to email me >>>
From: Sidney Lambe on 12 Jul 2010 01:06 On comp.os.linux.misc, Clark Smith <noaddress(a)nowhere.net> wrote: > Chrome has been accused of being, among other things, spyware > from Google - some people report that Chrome calls home as > often as every few seconds, transferring goodness knows what > kind of data. > > Can the same thing be said about Chromium? Since Chromium > is open source, this should be relatively straightforward to > ascertain for those with the necessary expertise - of which I > am not one. > I've read a lot of the thread and suggest that you install a 'packet sniffer' like wireshark and see what chrome is sending out through your interface yourself. You don't have to be a 'guru' to do this and it is very interesting. Trust google? Less than I trust used car salespersons. Sid
From: Balwinder S Dheeman on 18 Jul 2010 04:57 On 07/12/10 10:36, Sidney Lambe wrote: > On comp.os.linux.misc, Clark Smith <noaddress(a)nowhere.net> wrote: > >> Chrome has been accused of being, among other things, spyware >> from Google - some people report that Chrome calls home as >> often as every few seconds, transferring goodness knows what >> kind of data. >> >> Can the same thing be said about Chromium? Since Chromium >> is open source, this should be relatively straightforward to >> ascertain for those with the necessary expertise - of which I >> am not one. >> > > I've read a lot of the thread and suggest that you install > a 'packet sniffer' like wireshark and see what chrome is > sending out through your interface yourself. > > You don't have to be a 'guru' to do this and it is very > interesting. > > Trust google? Less than I trust used car salespersons. See http://pastebin.com/AWJ5MJPN #Chromium DOS-ing #Google !IPv6 :D -- Balwinder S "bdheeman" Dheeman Registered Linux User: #229709 Anu'z Linux(a)HOME (Unix Shoppe) Machines: #168573, 170593, 259192 Chandigarh, UT, 160062, India Plan9, T2, Arch/Debian/FreeBSD/XP Home: http://werc.homelinux.net/ Visit: http://counter.li.org/
From: mjt on 18 Jul 2010 17:16
On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:27:11 +0530 Balwinder S Dheeman <bsd.SANSPAM(a)anu.homelinux.net> wrote: > > I've read a lot of the thread and suggest that you install > > a 'packet sniffer' like wireshark and see what chrome is > > sending out through your interface yourself. > > > > You don't have to be a 'guru' to do this and it is very > > interesting. > > > > Trust google? Less than I trust used car salespersons. > > See http://pastebin.com/AWJ5MJPN #Chromium DOS-ing #Google !IPv6 :D The point? -- "Nice boy, but about as sharp as a sack of wet mice." - Foghorn Leghorn <<< Remove YOURSHOES to email me >>> |