Google to strip unique client ID from future Google Chrome installs
Google's official word on the matter has always been that the client ID is only used to determine when a user requires updates and by the crash reporter (a feature which isn't enabled by default). Nevertheless, they've decided the identifier won't be a permanent part of future Chrome releases.
According to details published in a new data protection whitepaper, Google reports that future versions of Chrome will only require the unique ID to check for the first automatic update. Once that update has been successfully installed, the ID is removed.
Privacy-minded folks like the developers of SRWare Iron still have other concerns, of course -- like omnibar suggestions, alternate error messages, and the Chrome updater.
Chromatic is one of the best time-wasters I've recently come across. It's all about the gameplay -- no Flash graphics here. You play a "circle" (it doesn't really have a name in the game). You move around with the arrow keys, and you change colors with Z, X, and C.
You can either be red, blue, or yellow, and you can switch at any time during the game. Each color has different capabilities -- yellow can double-jump, while red has a longer dash (which is like a forward sprint, activated by double-pressing DOWN).
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saudrapsmann said 4:21PM on 3-12-2010
Oh wow, this is the first I've heard about Iron. Thanks for introducing it to me, it looks like it's the solution to every problem I've had with Chrome! I hope it's just as fast though
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michas_pi said 5:09PM on 3-12-2010
SRWare Iron is my browser of choice on the family computer in the basement. No Google spyware is always a plus.
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Jamus said 2:32PM on 3-13-2010
So is there actually anyway to set Chrome to always start in a private session like Firefox does? I have only been able to find the manual session clearing option.
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Erik said 2:42PM on 3-13-2010
Please have a look at comodo dragon, more secure and clean copy of chrome
http://www.comodo.com/home/internet-security/browser.php
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Erik said 2:44PM on 3-13-2010
Try Ctrl-Shift-N in Chrome or Iron or Dragon
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