The Core
Why We Are Here => Hardware & Technology => Topic started by: rcjordan on December 14, 2010, 06:03:42 PM
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https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/jeoacafpbcihiomhlakheieifhpjdfeo
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Is that the guy who used to work for Google?
Why yes it is as a matter of fact - http://searchengineland.com/googler-quits-to-build-browser-to-block-google-tracking-58672
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I'm running it today. 2 site I normally read seem faster. I also like the extension's sparse/utilitarian UI.
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So, this totally neuters Chrome from home base? I can't saddle up except for SRWare Iron and it's a bit crashy.
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>this totally neuters Chrome from home base
As a paranoid, I can't say 'totally' but -yeah- it's showing 3 cookies blocked on a G search of Greenville SC.
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So, this totally neuters Chrome from home base? I can't saddle up except for SRWare Iron and it's a bit crashy.
SRware Iron is crashy, or Disconnect? SRware Iron is challenging Opera 11 now to be my primary browser. I haven't found it to be very crashy at all.
I think I may have too many overlapping Disconnect-esque extensions now. I may have to start pruning them pretty soon.
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I've been avoiding Chrome simply because I knew it would probably phone home. Now I'm actually keen on trying it.
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I've been avoiding Chrome simply because I knew it would probably phone home. Now I'm actually keen on trying it.
Same here. Still using Opera and not interested in Chrome. But I would like extensions that will do this stuff for next version of Opera.
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Extensions on Opera 11 are really clunky. They just don't work the same way they might on Firefox or Chrome. I think you may have to wait a while before they catch up. It feels a bit like a kludge for many Opera extensions so far.
been avoiding Chrome simply because I knew it would probably phone home
Try SRware Iron (https://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron_chrome_vs_iron.php). It's already decoupled from the mothership.
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read rsnakes post on safe browsing http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20090824/google-safe-browsing-and-chrome-privacy-leak/ personally I use Iron never found it crashy not sure what plugins your running Drastic but when they all call home some way
dave
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>>SRware Iron
Trying it. Mac version. So far so good. I'll give it a test. Not sure it will replace Opera but it's early days. I think I already like it better than Safari.
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>they all call home some way
That's what I figure. There has to be some catch, some incentive, buried in the developer's final intent. Altruism just doesn't cut it.
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I don't use it much, just one of my winders that stays open with a few commonly used tabs. Come to think of it, it mainly crashes when my connection flakes out. When I was having router troubles, I couldn't keep the damn thing running. It crashed the other day when the power was out for a minute. (No UPS on the main host router.)
So, probably just related to losing connection, which normally isn't a problem.