Firefox faces uncertain future as Google deal apparently ends

gregrocker said:

Interesting, Steve.

First I've seen of incognito version of Chrome. You think it's for real?

Your Ted link is busted.

Greg, have you had any experience with ChromePlus?

The Difference between CoolNovo ChromePlus and Google Chrome in Privacy Policy | CoolNovo ChromePlus

Product | CoolNovo ChromePlus (mentions incognito mode, bottom of page, but their wiki link is broke)

Well...unless you install a webcam, the spy could only see if an exercise program was running, not that you were actually using it...unless you use XBox Kinect.

Let me add my two bits. When i studied it was impressed on me that every idiot can do measurements. The point is that the measurements have to be right, have to be representative and above all "what are you going to do with them?".
Another point is that a lot of people apparently do not care about their "privacy". They give it away freely, i.e. on Farcebook. But here again, who checks the data? It may be all lies. So what can you do with the data? Nothing, imo.The danger, however, is that conclusions may nevertheless be drawn from the data; data that may not be correct and are (still) not representative of the general population. For instance, the ones on Farcebook are not representative of the general population, far from it. The members of this forum are not representative of the general PC user.
The danger of Big Brother is not that he watches but that he gets the wrong information and starts to do something with it.

FranzB said:

Let me add my two bits. When i studied it was impressed on me that every idiot can do measurements. The point is that the measurements have to be right, have to be representative and above all "what are you going to do with them?".
Another point is that a lot of people apparently do not care about their "privacy". They give it away freely, i.e. on Farcebook. But here again, who checks the data? It may be all lies. So what can you do with the data? Nothing, imo.The danger, however, is that conclusions may nevertheless be drawn from the data; data that may not be correct and are (still) not representative of the general population. For instance, the ones on Farcebook are not representative of the general population, far from it. The members of this forum are not representative of the general PC user.
The danger of Big Brother is not that he watches but that he gets the wrong information and starts to do something with it.

Hmmm. . tabula rasa came to mind. . let's face it, we all start off as idiots but tend to learn as we grow. Admittedly, you have a point in your statements.

MilesAhead said:

marsmimar said:

gregrocker said:

Interesting, Steve.

First I've seen of incognito version of Chrome. You think it's for real?

Your Ted link is busted.

Greg, have you had any experience with ChromePlus?

The Difference between CoolNovo ChromePlus and Google Chrome in Privacy Policy | CoolNovo ChromePlus

Product | CoolNovo ChromePlus (mentions incognito mode, bottom of page, but their wiki link is broke)

I've been using chromium for awhile. It's the base code of chrome and open source. After some messing around I found the best way for me was to clean out all my cookies using CCleaner. Then set chromium to allow local data. Go around to my favorite sites to let them store the permanent cookie. Now those sites I don't have to log in. After that I changed the setting to allow cookies for session only. Sites don't complain because chromium accepts the cookie. But it's gone when the browser closes. To minimize manual log ins, I use LastPass.

Also I use Window Washer now and then to clean out index.dat files.

I like chromium. It's lightning fast. Plus most of the snap shots are very stable. You can get more privacy using about:flags to disable some of the auditing going on.

The nice thing is I only need to run 4 extensions to do everything I need.
I still run Firefox and Opera on occasion but chromium is my default browser.

Good info. Thanks for sharing. :)