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Re: [OM] OT: Yet Another Google Intrusion

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Yet Another Google Intrusion
From: Leowesson <leowesson@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2015 13:31:15 -0500
Isn't Opera supposed to be the most stripped down browser?  Would that run 
better on dialup?

Leo Wesson
leowesson.com

On Jul 4, 2015, at 13:02, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> 
>> Doesn't seem like a terrible thing to me....
>> 
>> http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/safebrowsing/faq.html
> 
>     If you don't mind them keeping track of what web sites you visit.  
> 
>     Looking thoroughly through the hard drive, I see that there are two 
> instances of the safebrowsing folder in the recycled bin.  The first (32K) 
> was from removing the Google Toolbar, and the second (5.12M) from this 
> morning.  That's a significant increase, and it's no wonder now that my 
> connection speed was so slow as it takes about an hour to download 8M on 
> dialup.
> 
>     More surprising when you realise that I have the automatic updates shut 
> off completely for Firefox as well as everything else.  Except Realplayer, 
> which does not allow you to shut that feature off.
> 
> 
> 
> Chris
> 
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