Google set to release new toolbar

The link above is to a short article in The Inquirer. You can, of course, also get details at Google, though it is much more of a sales pitch.

There is also an article at The Register "http://www.theregister.com/2005/08/22/google_sidebar/">here.

My wife and I just discussed installing the new desktop on one computer and decided against it, despite being attracted by the functionality it offered. So why did we decide against it? Well, we decided we did not want Google, or anyone else, for that matter, so closely supervising our surfing habits and collecting data about us.

No, I'm not especially paranoid. You know that, if you've listened to me on the show. But I do wonder at all the information that has been collected on me through the use of the Internet and worry both about it's accuracy and what uses it could be put to. In a purely personal decision, I'm drawing the line.

Jack