JHAG Posted September 2, 2008 Share #1 Posted September 2, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) … of the fine print : "By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any content which you submit, post or display on or through, the services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the services and may be revoked for certain services as defined in the additional terms of those services.":eek: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 Hi JHAG, Take a look here About Chrome (Google) : beware…. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
sfage Posted September 2, 2008 Share #2 Posted September 2, 2008 … of the fine print :"By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any content which you submit, post or display on or through, the services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the services and may be revoked for certain services as defined in the additional terms of those services.":eek: Wow. It looks like they have discovered the music industry. Look up XXXX planet (I've changed the name... google planet and the word we used to use for LSD). That's a nice one. I used to use them (and their contract, printed and taped together end-to-end) to teach students the way to most effectively get screwed by big companies. Go read the contract. You'll be surprised to see who is trolling the internet, screwing dumb kids (who don't read contracts) out of their work. You'll find it's a VERY... VERY big company... that can afford to pay. Look for the letters SDP, keep reading and find out who they are Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venkman Posted September 3, 2008 Share #3 Posted September 3, 2008 BTW - the browser issues a unique identifier # to every installation. Google uses that to track surfing behaviour and other stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent M10 Posted September 3, 2008 Share #4 Posted September 3, 2008 I'm not familiar with Chrome which I understand is a browser. How is a browser able to use your content? (Forgive my ignorance). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
qipengart Posted September 3, 2008 Share #5 Posted September 3, 2008 I'm using it right now and it's smoothhh... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted September 3, 2008 Share #6 Posted September 3, 2008 … of the fine print :"By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any content which you submit, post or display on or through, the services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the services and may be revoked for certain services as defined in the additional terms of those services.":eek: I agree that at first sight it looks insidious but you need to bear in mind that Google Chrome is an open source browser. This wording may be required to encourage the open source environment or otherwise users and developers would be vulnerable to claims, which would undermine or destroy the open source platform. Just a thought and I could be totally wrong. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted September 4, 2008 Share #7 Posted September 4, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) BTW - the browser issues a unique identifier # to every installation. Google uses that to track surfing behaviour and other stuff. And here in the good old USA, that info probably gets automatically forwarded directly to Homeland Security. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venkman Posted September 5, 2008 Share #8 Posted September 5, 2008 And here in the good old USA, that info probably gets automatically forwarded directly to Homeland Security. Possible - but it's more Google aka "Data Kraken", who tries to get as much info as possible about you. They already use a wide extension of cookies (also flash cookies, which are harder to remove) to track usage. BTW - they changed the EULA by now, said it was a "mistake" about giving them the rights of any work you use Chrome for and said "it was copied from some other software agreement"... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
850 Posted September 5, 2008 Share #9 Posted September 5, 2008 They're going to update their EULA.... Google on Chrome EULA controversy: our bad, we'll change it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted September 5, 2008 Share #10 Posted September 5, 2008 Therein lies a sobering reminder: always read your EULA before you agree to it because you don't know what foolishness may have been inadvertently included. If a juicy target as large as Google can make a gaff like this then heaven knows what smaller organisations might include without a moment's thought. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venkman Posted September 5, 2008 Share #11 Posted September 5, 2008 Short update, after the waves of enragement rolled through: - unique ID can be switched off - there's no way to switch off the transfer of search requests and visited URLs to Google Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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