Boycott of Google Desktop urged

User Comments: 3

1. February 13, 2006 11:01 PM
   vigilante said:
   Wow, I wouldn't have expected that from Google. Unless I'm missing part of the story. Why on EARTH would somebody want search results from someone else's hard drive? That sounds utterly useless and quite scary.
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2. February 14, 2006 1:43 AM
   phantasm66 said:
   [b]Originally posted by vigilante:[/b][quote]Wow, I wouldn't have expected that from Google. Unless I'm missing part of the story. Why on EARTH would somebody want search results from someone else's hard drive? That sounds utterly useless and quite scary.[/quote]Its not results from someone else's hard drive, its resuls from a second machine that you use, i.e. from your home machine and your work machine. Its actually a very useful concept.
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3. February 14, 2006 9:28 AM
   Cartz said:
   [b]Originally posted by phantasm66:[/b][quote]Its not results from someone else's hard drive, its resuls from a second machine that you use, i.e. from your home machine and your work machine. Its actually a very useful concept.[/quote]And as this article points out, a very dangerous one as well... I've never used google toolbar though, I don't like spyware, even if it does include a useful toolbar.
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