From: Sidney Lambe on
On comp.os.linux.misc, Balwinder S Dheeman <bsd.SANSPAM(a)anu.homelinux.net> wrote:
> 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

I did. To quote mjt: "The point?".

:-)

Sid

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