Monday, April 05, 2004

Beware of Gmail

Not all things Google does can be trusted, as reported by a group of people who call themselves "Google Watch". This article: Gmail Privacy Alert on their homepage indicates that there is a lot of hidden information transmitted between your machine and Google's servers. The people at Google when contacted didn't deny that they would use the private information about your browsing and search habits to fine-tune your experience at Google or to serve pertinent ads. In other words, if you are a paranoid Internet user, follow the instructions, DELETE the Google cookie before pressing Submit :)