Google Toolbar Tracks Your Browsing, Even When Off 118
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from the yeah-that-was-like-a-bug-or-something dept.
from the yeah-that-was-like-a-bug-or-something dept.
garg0yle writes "Google's Toolbar is supposed to allow the user to disable it. However, it was discovered by a researcher that it was still sending information even when disabled. A patch is now available, and Google claims this was just a bug, not a feature."
Misleading title (Score:5, Funny)
Google Toolbar Tracks Your Browsing, Even When Off
At first I thought that this meant that Google was tracking my movements even when my computer was off. I wondered how they'd do this and then I remembered about Google Street View.
Sly bastards.
So just rename "Toolbars" into "Foolbars" . . . (Score:3, Funny)
. . . that should remove any responsibility of indemnity of the Foolbar vendor.
Corporate Defense Lawyer: "Your Honor, the plaintiff, Mr. Terry Fuckwit, who is suing for privacy violations, did knowingly install and use our product, appropriately named 'Foolbar'."
Judge: "Anyone who uses such a product is a dumb-ass and has shit for brains. Case dismissed."
Judge: "Now on to the next case, concerning another of your products, 'KieferSutherlandsCattlePonziScheme' for Windows 7 . . ."