Is Chrome OS Too Orwellian Or Big Brother-ish? | Linux Today

Is Chrome OS Too Orwellian Or Big Brother-ish?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 15, 2009

“I’m no conspiracy theorist, I swear. I don’t think
Google tries to be evil (though they missed a pretty good chance),
and I don’t think they sit there all sweaty and peering at
all the private data they collect from users. But they do have it,
don’t they?

“And now with Chrome OS atop your hardware and Chrome (the
browser) atop Chrome OS, you can give everything you do within the
OS userspace sandbox a nice, fat red Google stamp across it.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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