Google Chrome - A fresh look on browsers

mr. poopyhead · Post by **mr. poopyhead** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 7:19 pm

i noticed something weird today. i opened chrome for the first time in two weeks and tried to check for updates... low and behold, the info section said that i already had the latest update. strange... i don't remember downloading any updates...

so apparently chrome auto updates every few hours without telling you. who knows what else it's doing while silently connecting to the google servers. they're trying to idiot-proof the thing by taking away the user's choice to control what gets downloaded to their computers...

it seems that father google knows what's best for his children...

"Users do not get a notification when they are updated ... When there are security fixes, it's crucial that we update our users as quickly as possible in order to keep them safe. Thus, it's important for us to not require user intervention"

more here:
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/s ... mnRef=1337
http://robmensching.com/blog/archive/20 ... sking.aspx

wim · Post by **wim** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 5:36 pm

hm.. yeah .. i noticed that too when the :% bug silently disappeared

alleycat · Post by **alleycat** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:40 am

My firewall alerted me about the updates.