Google Chrome: and now, the comic EULA

As you already know, Google announced its new browser on Tuesday but within a day of its release, there are already a couple of points that users should be cautioned of before using this new browser.

The first, is the popular "carpet bomb" vulnerability that still exists within Chrome. This vulnerability allows malicious websites to drive by download and execute programs on your machine. Our visitors may remember the uproar that this same vulnerability caused for Safari users, and that Apple patched the carpet-bombing issue with Safari v3.1.2. Chrome is vulnerable to this exploit because it is based on the same engine, WebKit 525.13, and Google did not patch or update the engine before releasing the software.

The other, and less technical, problem with Chrome exists in its EULA. More specifically, the point that would seem to give Google rights to anything you post on the Internet while using their browser, mostly in conjunction with the promotion of its services.

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