Microsoft says Chrome disrespects users' privacy
IN WHAT might be the most obvious case of the pot calling the kettle black, Microsoft has claimed that its Internet Explorer 8 browser offers greater privacy than Google's Chrome.
The statement, which due to its sheer stupidity took some time for us to verify as not being part of an elaborate April Fools Day joke, was made by the Vole's Internet Explorer product manager Pete LePage. LePage's blog post on the firm's TechNet Edge website has since been removed, but not before it was reported by several sources.
LePage claimed that Google's Chrome browser, which has its search bar integrated with the URL address bar, sends back information to Google as you type into it. What he was describing is the search as you type feature found in many browsers. LePage continues by saying that because Internet Explorer 8, which of course has a long bloodline rich in infallible bulletproof security, separates the search and address bar, this is somehow more safer for the end user.
