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by lucid00 4422 days ago
Chrome OS tracks what you do as much as Chrome does, which isn't as much as it's hyped up to be and is optional.

Plus Windows 8 somewhat does the same thing (built in Microsoft accounts, OneDrive integration, bookmark syncing, crash reporting, etc...).
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chestnut-tree 4421 days ago
What's optional? You can't use ChromeOS without signing into your Google account. You can still use Chrome in incognito mode, but you can't use Google apps without signing in.

I don't have to sign in with an online account to use a word processor on Windows, Mac or Linux. And if I want to save to the cloud, there are plenty of online storage providers that give me better privacy.

In the case of Windows 8, it's easy to bypass their email sign in and avoid their online tools. The fact that Microsoft are following Google's lead is not an argument in favour of online tracking.

If Chrome's tracking is not as much as it's hyped up to be, then why don't Google clearly and unambiguosly state what they record and track while you use their operating system and for how long they keep this data? (Their lengthy, but vaguely-worded privacy policy tells you very little.)

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