Google Desktop3 and privacy

Jefferson Graham publishes this article in USA TODAY

Google's newest search tool raises privacy concerns

"Google Desktop 3, the latest version of software that helps users find files on personal computers, has a new feature that can track data from multiple PCs. To do that, it copies personal text files to Google servers, which eventually route them back to the PCs. Previous versions merely indexed files, without storing copies at Google."

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Google Upgrades Desktop Red Herring
Google's Offers New Search Feature ABC News
New Google Desktop grabs more of Microsoft's turf Reuters