That1ComputerGuy Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Yes, maybe google does have the ability to snoop users but I don't think they'll ever use it.585873594[/snapback] Why wouldn't they? To say such a thing is naive. Any corporation that is in the business of making money will make decisions that, in the end, make them money. If you stupidly tell Google all of your surfing habits (including all of your buying habits, all of your warez site visits, any porn site visits, any Amazon sites visits, how many times you email your loved one, etc.), are you so naive that you think Google will NOT use each and every little bit of information that you blithely give them to make a profit off of you? If you are so enamored of Google's omnipotence and think that they can do no harm, then please, give them anything they ask for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 im on slow dialup. ill give it a whirl. thanks for the news :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Sounds good. I'm going to install this see if it's any good. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrispCreations Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 I've been giving this a go since I saw it on cnet earlier, irony of ironies, it stopped me from opening this thread (or any other link on Neowin). Also prevented me logging in to another forum I visit frequently... ...definitely still beta quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrispCreations Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Quick update, link appears to have been taken down.... (or at least it 404's for me now, same with support page) Guess it's not ready yet eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APL88 Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Time Saved with Google Accel after 2 days: 2.5 Minutes Time spent looking at the Google Accel during 2 days: 10 Minutes Wow..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNRambo Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 You might want to check the spelling there, eh?co.uk, not c.uk I can trust Google, I'm using it right now, I can notice a difference:):) 585874924[/snapback] he knew that bud, hes just pointing out that it forwards to a google error message, not a firefox one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banzai Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Lol Brilliant, and as sumeet said i was pointing out it now takes you to a google page not found page Time Saved with Google Accel after 2 days: 2.5 MinutesTime spent looking at the Google Accel during 2 days: 10 Minutes Wow..... 585877754[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B4L1STA Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Ya know, in the long run web accelerators just clog up networks with unnecessary bandwidth from all the prefetching. So, theoretically, if lots of people used one, the internet would get SLOWER. It also only is faster assuming that your connection to Google is faster than your connection to the site (if you don't factor in prefetching or compression). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrAxElAnK Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 not showing up in firefox. could it be from using a MOOX build? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Seetheworldsecond Subscriber¹ Posted May 5, 2005 Subscriber¹ Share Posted May 5, 2005 Source http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/...39197327,00.htm A software tool launched by Google on Wednesday that speeds up the process of downloading Web sites has caused some users to worry about their privacy.Google Web Accelerator, which was released in beta, is set up to automatically work with Firefox and Internet Explorer once it's been downloaded. The service stores copies of sites frequently accessed by individual PCs and automatically retrieves new data from those pages, so that a Web browser needs to process only updates to those sites when asked to load them. It can also automatically "pre-fetch" frequently used Web sites before the user downloads it. However, users are concerned that the service can cache more data from their computers than they would prefer. On a Google Labs discussion group, one user said that the security implications of Google caching details of Internet sessions were unacceptable. "I went to the Futuremark forums and noticed that I'm logged in as someone I don't know. Great, I've used Google's Web Accelerator for a couple of hours, visited lots of sites where I'm logged in. Now I wonder how many people used my cache. I understand it's a beta, sure, but something like that is totally unacceptable." Google was not immediately available for comment, but said in a Web site statement that the service can receive information such as the user's IP address, computer and connection information, and "personally identifiable information", such as an email address. "Whenever your computer sends cookies with browsing or prefetching page requests for unencrypted sites, we temporarily cache these cookies in order to improve performance," the company wrote on its Web site. Information entered in SSL connections, such as Internet banking, will not be cached, the company wrote. The service is only available to broadband subscribers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruciz Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 says I saved 18 sec in one day.. thats enough to take a pee, or sneeze!! Thanks google, you are always looking out for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy_kevin Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 http://forums. some thingawful .com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1550469 Pretty nice bug there :p EDIT: Stupid spam filter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3thal Veteran Posted May 6, 2005 Veteran Share Posted May 6, 2005 says I saved 18 sec in one day.. thats enough to take a pee, or sneeze!! Thanks google, you are always looking out for me. 585878489[/snapback] :laugh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ev0| Posted May 6, 2005 Share Posted May 6, 2005 Installed, uninstalled. Seems sketchy :crazy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray Posted May 6, 2005 Share Posted May 6, 2005 As much as I trust Google, I wont use it because I'm on broadband. It could be quite helpful for those on dialup, who knows. 585873958[/snapback] Actually it?s the opposite. :rolleyes:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtreme $niper Posted May 6, 2005 Share Posted May 6, 2005 This almost sounds like a scam. They can read every single site we go to since all requests go through google, and plus I dont see how thats making things faster, instead of going directly to the site. I'll pass on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyranthus Posted May 6, 2005 Share Posted May 6, 2005 doesnt seem to be doing anything for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Roots Posted May 6, 2005 Share Posted May 6, 2005 This almost sounds like a scam. They can read every single site we go to since all requests go through google, and plus I dont see how thats making things faster, instead of going directly to the site. I'll pass on this one. 585879396[/snapback] Scam or not; the notice is visible to me (on roughly 3MB Comcast cable broadband). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tajddin Posted May 6, 2005 Share Posted May 6, 2005 Guys, don't download this. It has a major security hole. I downloaded this, thinking it'd speed up my internet connection. What it has doen is allowed me to login as other users on this board. Major security issues here: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/...39197327,00.htm "I went to the Futuremark forums and noticed that I'm logged in as someone I don't know. Great, I've used Google's Web Accelerator for a couple of hours, visited lots of sites where I'm logged in. Now I wonder how many people used my cache. I understand it's a beta, sure, but something like that is totally unacceptable." PLEASE READ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morficus Posted May 6, 2005 Share Posted May 6, 2005 ^ wow tajddin, you're fast you beet me to it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wak1zashi Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 told u guys this thing was suspicious (refers to 2nd page of topic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fog Dogg Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 Thank you for your interest in Google Web Accelerator. We have currently reached our maximum capacity of users and are actively working to increase the number of users we can support. http://webaccelerator.google.com/ Hmm, can't download it anymore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxpor Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 too bad it doesn't work for windows 98. :x Do you think google will come out with a windows Me or lower version? 585873929[/snapback] Why the hell are you using windows 98 :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wak1zashi Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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