Comments on: Google Toolbar: Trading Privacy for Convenience http://fstutzman.com/2007/12/13/google-toolbar-trading-privacy-for-convenience/ Thoughts about information, social networks, and privacy Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:54:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: fred http://fstutzman.com/2007/12/13/google-toolbar-trading-privacy-for-convenience/comment-page-1/#comment-1051 fred Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:25:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/~fred/projects/blog/?p=535#comment-1051 @terrell, yes, I'm officially scared of Google. @terrell, yes, I’m officially scared of Google.

]]> By: beroal http://fstutzman.com/2007/12/13/google-toolbar-trading-privacy-for-convenience/comment-page-1/#comment-1050 beroal Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:24:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/~fred/projects/blog/?p=535#comment-1050 >What if every time you loaded a webpage, the Google toolbar flashed a message "Google just recorded that sarah@gmail.com just visited http://espn.com at 11:30AM on December 12. 2007, Thank You!"<br/><br/>Google Toolbar actually record if you have enabled PageRank. You can see visited pages in Google Web History.<br/>I've modified Toolbar to record only if I press a button because I want to use Google Web History. I record a page only when I like it. :) >What if every time you loaded a webpage, the Google toolbar flashed a message “Google just recorded that sarah@gmail.com just visited http://espn.com at 11:30AM on December 12. 2007, Thank You!”

Google Toolbar actually record if you have enabled PageRank. You can see visited pages in Google Web History.
I’ve modified Toolbar to record only if I press a button because I want to use Google Web History. I record a page only when I like it. :)

]]> By: terrell http://fstutzman.com/2007/12/13/google-toolbar-trading-privacy-for-convenience/comment-page-1/#comment-1049 terrell Sat, 15 Dec 2007 05:47:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/~fred/projects/blog/?p=535#comment-1049 I feel like my influence is finally taking root. Fred doesn't trust anything anymore...<br/><br/>Excellent... I feel like my influence is finally taking root. Fred doesn’t trust anything anymore…

Excellent…

]]> By: fred http://fstutzman.com/2007/12/13/google-toolbar-trading-privacy-for-convenience/comment-page-1/#comment-1047 fred Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:09:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/~fred/projects/blog/?p=535#comment-1047 No, I dont think that any plugins would block the Toolbar, I think it operates at a different level in the stack.<br/><br/>If you're interested in protecting your data from Google at the browser level, using the customizegoogle plugin, and using either Noscript or BlockSite to block Google Analytics or Syndication will help. No, I dont think that any plugins would block the Toolbar, I think it operates at a different level in the stack.

If you’re interested in protecting your data from Google at the browser level, using the customizegoogle plugin, and using either Noscript or BlockSite to block Google Analytics or Syndication will help.

]]> By: Mike http://fstutzman.com/2007/12/13/google-toolbar-trading-privacy-for-convenience/comment-page-1/#comment-1046 Mike Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:20:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/~fred/projects/blog/?p=535#comment-1046 Are there any firefox plug-ins that could mitigate this? Are there any firefox plug-ins that could mitigate this?

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