RE: Google desktop search and privacy

[John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

You said that the first time. When you enter any search term in any
search web, aren't you sending your query, without locally stored
information, via the Internet? 

When you press the send button, aren't you doing so with your
permission?

--- "Goldstein, Dan" <DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com> wrote:

> 
> 1. The application transmits information via the Internet about
> local actions.
> 2. The application is remotely updated via the Internet without
> user permission.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Posada 
> > Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 1:33 PM
> > To: Goldstein, Dan; TECHWR-L
> > Subject: Re: Google desktop search and privacy
> > 
> > > * "The way the software tool is designed, a user's queries, 
> > > but no locally stored information, is distributed via the 
> > > Internet. But by reading user queries sent to its search 
> > > service, Google is able to place its AdWords text
> > > advertisements next to the search results displayed in a 
> > > user's browser window."
> > > 
> > > IMHO, those are both show-stoppers*.  
> > 
> > Why?


=====
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer


		
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