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From: Sidney Lambe on 18 Jul 2010 20:36 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 |