Re:Google's software mistreats or harms the user
by amatecha on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @08:16PM
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It might ignore the value, but it's not incorrect.
If Chrome is sending to Google every character typed into the URL bar, that's literally a networked keylogger and can presumably be used for all the same nefarious purposes as a "malicious" keylogger. The perceived value this feature provides is meaningless in the context of privacy/security.
I bet all those keypresses are stored permanently, associated with your Google account, but that's another issue altogether.
If Chrome is sending to Google every character typed into the URL bar, that's literally a networked keylogger and can presumably be used for all the same nefarious purposes as a "malicious" keylogger. The perceived value this feature provides is meaningless in the context of privacy/security.
I bet all those keypresses are stored permanently, associated with your Google account, but that's another issue altogether.