Don't use Google Desktop

[Scarecrow Man]

THE Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has warned that people should not download Google Desktop because it "greatly increases the risk to consumer privacy".

A spokesEFF said that if the toolbar chooses to use it, the new "Search Across Computers" feature stores copies of the user's Word documents, PDFs, spreadsheets and other text-based documents on Google's own servers.

The EFF is concerned that it will make their personal data more vulnerable to subpoenas from the government, which has already shown an interest in what Google keeps on his server.

On the EFF’s site here, a spokesperson said that it was shocking that Google expects its users to now trust it with the contents of their personal computers. µ

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29625

More - http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2006_02.php#004400

[ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb]

Your subject line is a bit misleading, as the warning is about Google Desktop (search engine), and not the toolbar. Also, it is merely about one feature of the search engine - Search Across Computers.

I have tried the Google Desktop search engine, but I have found it not reliable. For once, the MSN Desktop search engine proved more reliable for my use.

[r4may]

This is similar to my warning on topic :- http://forums.windowsforum.org/index.php?showtopic=23113

[Scarecrow Man]

Your subject line is a bit misleading, as the warning is about Google Desktop (search engine), and not the toolbar. Also, it is merely about one feature of the search engine - Search Across Computers.

I have tried the Google Desktop search engine, but I have found it not reliable. For once, the MSN Desktop search engine proved more reliable for my use.

Thanks Pat. Now corrected.

At the time of posting, the News site who's story I quoted was titled, "Don't install Google Toolbar"