koitsu
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join:2002-07-16
Mountain View, CA
| GoogleUpdate.exe
And let's not forget about this little undocumented beauty which doesn't even get uninstalled if you remove Chrome.
Our Security forum guys are going to have a field day with this one.
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DaSneaky1D
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join:2001-03-29
The Lou | You can uninstall Google Update....
It's used to deliver updates to the Google Apps you have on your PC. Talk, Picasa, Maps....ect.
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
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| said by DaSneaky1D  :You can uninstall Google Update.... It's used to deliver updates to the Google Apps you have on your PC. Talk, Picasa, Maps....ect. And the Google Toolbar also uses Google Update. |
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birdfeedr
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join:2001-08-11
Warwick, RI
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| reply to koitsu
GoogleUpdate.exe also has an options panel where you have to click to display the normally obscured Advanced Options, where one of them is "Upload non-personal aggregate data" clicked by default. At least when I updated GoogleEarth.
Too bad there's nothing that says *what* is being uploaded. If they just wanted to know what someone is searching for, why do they need my computer to tell them? Can't they aggregate their data at their server?
Internet is making me think more "Luddite" and starting to trust Google less and less. |
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rcdailey
Dragoonfly
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join:2005-03-29
Rialto, CA
| The Updater also defaults to automatically update installed software, so you might want to change that option in the Advanced panel to either "notify" of updates or to check manually only and not get any notification. Most applications have a "check for updates" or the like in the Help panel, so there's really no need for automatic updates. For a browser, however, automatic updates might make sense from a security standpoint, so you get an update whenever there is a security issue discovered. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| reply to birdfeedr
said by birdfeedr :Internet is making me think more "Luddite" and starting to trust Google less and less. Google's business model is data mining, they had almost no ads, and they offer stuff for free. I doubt they subsidize free services with adwords money. |
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ausdog
join:2001-03-29
Catawba, NC | reply to koitsu
To get Java to run in Chrome you have to enable Mozilla Family in Java Applet in Control Panel. |
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ausdog
join:2001-03-29
Catawba, NC | reply to koitsu
PS. To get Java to run in Chrome you have to enable Mozilla Family in Java Applet in Control Panel. |
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