jc100
join:2002-04-10 | Drum roll to stupidity
And you'd be running a spyware laden toolbar why? Anyone using these toolbars deserve what they get... My god... COMMON SENSE PEOPLE!! |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| said by jc100  :And you'd be running a spyware laden toolbar why? Anyone using these toolbars deserve what they get... My god... COMMON SENSE PEOPLE!! It does NOT have spyware on it. Lucky Google won't bother to sue you.
I've used MANY MANY spyware programs and NONE have had google toolbar come up as spyware. hmmmmmmmm. google must be paying them off. |
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cornelius785
join:2006-10-26
Worcester, MA
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since i've had no problems using the internet without tool bars for ~10 years, i don't see why i should ever install one. if people are getting annoyed from what google tool bar is doing, then UNINSTALL it. you may not have control on what your ISP is doing, but you have the control uninstall software that is on your own computer that is altering whatever. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
| I agree... I get almost every app attempting to 'add' a toolbar on my browser. Why ? Well obviously they make money somehow. If its not from reselling the info collected by your surfing habits, its through ads or selling the info collected by you using their toolbar's associated search engine. Nobody does this just as a basic enhancement... its all about money.
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swhx7
Premium
join:2006-07-23
Elbonia
·RoadRunner Cable
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It reports the user's web activity data to Google. That's spyware according to some definitions.
It is done with permission, and is removable, and some people therefore exclude it from the "spyware" category, because deception or hard-to-remove is part of their criteria for spyware.
But there is no legal rule forcing anyone to use one definition rather than the other. Both are reasonable. Therefore Google would have no grounds for a suit. Google actually has to insist on a more lenient definition in order to deny that its toolbar is spyware. |
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Jerm
join:2000-04-10
Richland, WA | reply to BF69
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DHRacer
Fire Survivor
join:2000-10-10
Lake Arrowhead, CA | What's really scary is that I've seen computers with about half that many toolbars, but that's still too many.
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FrankO
Best Day Ever
Premium
join:2007-08-16
Toledo, OH | reply to Jerm
All those toolbars - is that for real??
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fdasf
@comcast.net | reply to Jerm
Hahaha... thats hilarious, look at all those toolbars. You are actually missing the AOL toolbar and the MSN toolbar  |
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antdude
A Ninja Ant
Premium,VIP
join:2001-03-25
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said by FrankO :All those toolbars - is that for real?? Probably on computer illiterates.  |
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threetrolls
join:2003-04-19
Bellevue, WA
| reply to Jerm
Thanks for the laugh.
What happens when there is no space for the web page? Does something explode? Here is a link to a few toolbars you don't have. I say go for it.
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toolbar |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | reply to DHRacer
I have a friend who loves Bonzi Buddy........... says its cute
Beyond hope for me. |
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roc5955
Premium
join:2005-11-26
Rosendale, NY | reply to Jerm
OMG!!! You like a little browser with your toolbars, huh?
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Rogue Wolf
Ate The Last Of The Pumpkin Pie
join:2003-08-12
Troy, NY | reply to fdasf
The Alexia toolbar probably ate them. Look at the way it's eyeing that eBay toolbar....  |
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Dude111
An Awesome Dude
Premium
join:2003-08-04
USA | Only people that dont know anything about computers are confused by SEARCH BARS/ADDRESS BARS....... |
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