jtd wrote:
On Wednesday 03 Sep 2008 23:45, Rony wrote:
Hello,
Here is a page where some people discuss the privacy issues related to Google's new Crome browser.
There is no privacy for anything that you send thru an intermediate service provider unless it is strongly encrypted. You think that MTNL/TATA/whoever cant snoop on your data / voice /sms. While there are established legal procedures for snooping on voice and snail mail (now quite nicely mangled in the name of fighting terrorism), in most countries including Inde there are afaik no rules about net data.
In this case Google is getting it's finger into your data passing thru their services. But the nature of copyright laws are such that you could create hell for google if they attempt to misuse. Still no patch on automatically phoning the base ship WITHOUT you knowing.
An ISP is the root service so it is only one entity to bother about. It does not make any claim to our data to pass it on to other members of their business syndicate. It only reserves the right to intervene when there is a supposed security risk or threat. If every Tom Dick and Harry software maker makes packages and then claims its right on all data using that software then there is no end to it. At least users of Google products should be aware of this policy and then make a conscious decision.