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3 out of 8 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Google Desktop 3
"Good program, this product pleased to me."
Pros: Very comfortable program.
Very interestingly.Useful product.
Good interface
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33 out of 55 people found this review helpful
1 stars
Version: Google Desktop 3
"LARGE Privacy Risk - A VERY Bad Idea"
Pros: convenient for hackers and Government
Cons: excerpted from Electronic Frontier Foundation article @ eff(dot)org
Google Copies Your Hard Drive - Government Smiles in Anticipation
Consumers Should Not Use New Google Desktop
San Francisco - Google today announced a new "feature" of its Google Desktop software that greatly increases the risk to consumer privacy. If a consumer chooses to use it, the new "Search Across Computers" feature will store copies of the user's Word documents, PDFs, spreadsheets and other text-based documents on Google's own servers, to enable searching from any one of the user's computers. EFF urges consumers not to use this feature, because it will make their personal data more vulnerable to subpoenas from the government and possibly private litigants, while providing a convenient one-stop-shop for hackers who've obtained a user's Google password.
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13 out of 17 people found this review helpful
2 stars
Version: Google Desktop 3
Pros: It's convenient
Cons: Unlike previous versions that just index files on your harddrive, this version actually uploads copies of certain file types to Google's servers. If ones not very careful sensitive information could be leaked.
eff.org/news/archives/2006_02.php#004400
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13 out of 16 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: Google Desktop 3
"Grate, with nice new features, but poses small security risk."
Pros: Even if you aren't looking for a desktop search program, this program is still great. The sidebar is awesome, and now with the option to move panels out of the sidebar, it is feeling a lot more open. The fact that you can search on multiple computers, share panels, and create your own is great.
Cons: Because searching on multiple computers requires you to upload your index to the Google servers, there is an obvious security risk here.
Luckily, however, you can turn the feature off (which I recommend - for now.)
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0 out of 3 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: Google Desktop 3
Pros: Cool soft
Cons: The UI is a bit 'heavy'.
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