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That's a bit bizarre to comment when the primary company that developed Chrome is known for keeping tabs on users' browsing history.

wat do you mean?

If you type into Chrome's URL/browser bar, it sends the query to google's servers which in turn returns a list of possible search suggestions (autocomplete style). Google likely retains the query for commercialisation purposes.

So the user being worried about a Chrome plugin sending browsing data seems bizarre.

So, when I click a link on HN, using Chrome, Chrome is sending that information to Google? Likewise when I type http://somethingorother, that's going through Google first?

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