Google's Desktop search tool poses a threat to personal privacy

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Google Desktop privacy branded 'unacceptable'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/15/google_desktop_privacy
David Burns, chief executive of Copernic, says Google's Desktop search tool 
poses a threat to personal privacy as the company seeks to add contextual 
advertising to make the search tool profitable. Mr. Burns says the tool 
could allow outside parties, such as the RIAA (Recording Industry 
Association of America), to learn what pictures and music files people have 
on their computers. Google Desktop Search offers users the option to not 
send out data on personal usage, but cannot be entirely firewalled. 
Copernic offers a Windows desktop search tool, in free and paid versions, 
but Mr. Burns says that most major brands have rejected combining web 
search with desktop search.




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