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Iron Is Chrome Spin-Off for Tin-Foil Hatters
Posted by Jesus Diaz at 5:20 AM on September 26, 2008
German security company SRWare likes Chrome but not as much as their tin-foil hats, which is why they have created Iron. Iron is a Chrome derivative that has been developed to protect your intimacy by stopping the control that Google has over your data. I don't know if it addresses Chrome fatal flaw, but if you don't want to relay any information to the New Galactic Empire, its features list will make you happy:
• Doesn't use a unique user-ID, which theoretically can be used to track and identify you. Iron doesn't.
• No time stamp.
• No suggestion engine.
• Doesn't send information to Google when there's a page that fails to load.
• Doesn't send error reports to Google.
• Doesn't update automatically.
• There's no URL tracker.
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Sorablade
Posted 5:55 AM 26/9/08
Google is skynet, but beyond that go android, go chrome and all their other services.. i luvs em
Sorablade
Xavoc
Posted 5:41 AM 26/9/08
@Odd_Thomas: The snakes would know about you.
Xavoc
Odd_Thomas
Posted 5:37 AM 26/9/08
@Odd_Thomas: If i wanted privacy and no one to know things about me then i would go live under a rock in guam.
Odd_Thomas
Odd_Thomas
Posted 5:35 AM 26/9/08
I'll be honest I dont care if google knows that I check myspace, hotmail, and a few other sites every day. I dont even care if they know what porn im into... it just doesnt bother me at all.
Odd_Thomas
danatoth
Posted 5:33 AM 26/9/08
nice I gotta check it out
danatoth
Anks329
Posted 5:31 AM 26/9/08
cool, looks interesting. Thanks
Anks329
Xavoc
Posted 5:31 AM 26/9/08
Intimacy? My intimacy needs to be protected, rather than say, my creations?
Xavoc
Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude
Posted 5:27 AM 26/9/08
Thanks for the reminder. I saw this on Lifehacker yesterday and meant to check the post again to see if there were any updated user reviews.
Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude
Seinosuke
Posted 5:27 AM 26/9/08
Yeesh, I'm glad I had no need for Chrome in the first place.
Seinosuke
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 5:25 AM 26/9/08
And it doesn't make your trackpad scroll like it's on cocaine and Red Bull
OMG! Ponies!
DssTrainer
Posted 6:17 AM 26/9/08
@Odd_Thomas: Agreed! Maybe google can add my favorite porn sites to its search engine.. then they would get more hits, the cost would go down, and more porn for me!
DssTrainer
twilight-arc
Posted 6:15 AM 26/9/08
Ich spreche keine Deutsch.
It would be nice if the installer used English.
twilight-arc
TBM-Fan
Posted 6:12 AM 26/9/08
but when will @Sorablade: But when will the machines rise
cause it would be fun, how soon we can stop them before they get too strong
TBM-Fan
rjbuddyboi
Posted 6:45 AM 26/9/08
@Xavoc: Yes! Deadly brown snakes! Yay!
rjbuddyboi
MosesMonster
Posted 6:34 AM 26/9/08
mmm....I'll stick with Chrome thank you very much.
MosesMonster
tenio
Posted 6:30 AM 26/9/08
@OMG! Ponies!:
omg yes it is soo annoying, do we really need to scroll down the entire page instead of the normal 3 lines!
tenio
WD40
Posted 6:30 AM 26/9/08
I'd much rather send all my info to Google than some unknown website from Germany, I mean if there were any real big security issues with Chrome some big dog security company would find it...why is it that this unknown entity has all of the sudden decided to fix a problem that doesn't exist?
WD40
Solaricide
Posted 7:01 AM 26/9/08
I don't know much about SRWare. Evil? Good?
Solaricide
the.schimmi
Posted 7:17 AM 26/9/08
but, but, but, do people actually use chrome?
it sucks, it's worse that ie
the.schimmi
ViperBorg
Posted 7:46 AM 26/9/08
@Odd_Thomas: Get the hell away from my rock.
ViperBorg
Repton
Posted 10:15 AM 26/9/08
If you use Firefox, you can just install CustomizeGoogle. Anonymize your google cookies, remove clicktracking from search URLs, etc.
Repton
AJ_Syrinx
Posted 10:06 AM 26/9/08
I'm loving Chrome, except the trackpad issue and I wouldn't mind if there was an AdBlocker. But these German-branded Chrome-O-Matic? Pass....
AJ_Syrinx
AthenaKepple
Posted 10:29 AM 26/9/08
umm..how? Its faster, much much faster. It supports webstandards like SVG, it pass's the Acid Test's above and beyond what IE does, and its a thousand times more secure. Not to mention it gives you more screenspace for browseing.
AthenaKepple
AthenaKepple
Posted 10:27 AM 26/9/08
Same here. I trust Google more then my ISP. And my ISP can look at whatever they like. Chrome isnt replacing Opera for me just yet though, but its close. Very good for a v1.
AthenaKepple
pezhore
Posted 1:32 AM 27/9/08
@AJ_Syrinx:
Right, like a Google product will ever block ads. I'm using Chrome when I visit buggy pages... other wise its Firefox all the way.
pezhore
merebito
Posted 3:30 AM 27/9/08
Screw Chrome.
merebito