RE: Google desktop search and privacy

["Goldstein, Dan" <DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com>]

The NYT stated, "The Google desktop program includes an update feature that
permits the company to automatically install new versions of the program on
users' computers without user intervention or knowledge." Does anyone know
if this feature is user-configurable?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bonnie Granat 
> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 4:04 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: RE: Google desktop search and privacy
> 
> Seems that the feature could be turned on and off, much like 
> the automatic
> update feature for antivirus software, operating systems, and 
> others. I read
> "feature" as something the user can choose to use or not use, 
> and so far my
> understanding hasn't been proved wrong by any software that 
> says it has a feature that does thus-and-so.

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