[Ravenlock]

I would assume this also happens every time I search on Google with ANY browser, if I also happen to be logged into GMail from the same computer at that time. The auto-complete there, I imagine, works the same way as it does in Chrome.

Not going to let it keep me from using either one, though obviously (this is the... 4th? OMG Chrome security! post on YC in 2 days) it's going to be a hot button issue for awhile.

[coderrr]

The difference is you don't type in www.somedirtypornsite.com into the google.com search box. You type it into the location bar. This is the first time a browser is auto searching from the location bar.

[pqs]

Many people use google's main site as a location bar. I've seen this quite often, even among people working in science and holding a PhD. It's not only my granny.

After writing this comment I saw another comment http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=294070 of a person that says he does this. So it must be quite common.

[coderrr]

If you are typing a url into google.com's search box the expectation already exists that google.com will have this data.

If you are typing a url into your browser's location bar, you aren't going to assume google.com will have it.

[pqs]

Google is changing this game.