youngbull said..
Hey kiteboy dave. Wouldn't saving chrome and add ons just have more access to your computer over just getting a few adds, as now they could gain more info and just hide the adds as a bonus to us..
Not sure if that sounded right, but does that make sense or am I really left field on this one. I ask as I use firefox, then when finished I use cc cleaner.
Cheers
I'm not sure I exactly get you - chrome does give google some info, however they provide the extensions for you to opt-out so if you're out you're out.
Also chrome tries to get you to log into your "google" account to use it these days. Then it does stuff like syncing your bookmarks across any browsers you use. Handy when your pc bookmarks are in you phone. Not so much say if your pr0n computer's bookmarks got added at work. Again, you don't have to.
Disconnect or Ghostery stop web tracking by 3rd parties and show you how much is going on - sometimes it's amazing, because ads have trackers built in and so do all those little facebook/twitter/etc buttons (even if you're not logged in, if you have a facebook account, every time you see that little blue button facebook is watching you). So sometimes 1 ad you see has a chain of 30 linked trackers by different companies.
There are issues with whether you trust the makers of the extensions, and Ghostery had some controversy a while back as they allow some tracking/do their own limited tracking but it's 'opt-in' not 'opt-out'.
