[robocat]

Chrome is far safer than IE: 1. built in flash (sandboxed and up-to-date) 2. built in PDF reader 3. security updates are not delayed 4. the filtering is very good 5. friends & family on XP or Vista get the latest version

There are other good reasons why the security is better, with the only downside being the invasion of privacy, where Google are no worse than others, so pick your poison.

[foxylad]

Any doubts about Google's intentions are easily negated by using Chromium.

[mehrzad]

Which is unstable and does not auto update without writing a script. Google wants you to use Chrome and not Chromium.

[brokenparser]

Go to settings, advanced, privacy, untick all boxes, don't sign in to a Google account. Or Facebook, for that matter. Heck, there's even a version of Gostery for Chrome iirc.

[mehrzad]

I'd rather support Firefox, to be honest. I still like a lot of what Google does, fwiw.

[dgesang]

How about Comodo Dragon[1], a free and stable Chromium based browser, with 'auto updates' ;)

[1] http://bit.ly/cjbh1z

[mehrzad]

Not open source, IIRC.

[gcr]

Neither is Chrome.

[mehrzad]

I don't use Chrome, I use Firefox (and occasionally Webkit Nightly, and I have Chromium installed)