I was interested in the free utility: Google Desktop. The idea of it is creative, a new
way of being able to quickly find almost any type of file and/or email, on your system, or
web sites as well. I installed it, tried it out, and was very impressed, UNTIL I realized
that it accessed the internet at will. That meant all of the information on my system
could be easily appropriated, statistics of which programs I use, or types of software I
use could be easily monitored, as well as keystrokes or personal information. Google
might promise that the Google Desktop is safe, and that no information will be made
available to third parties, BUT, after two MAJOR hacks for stealing identities at
companies that thought the information was secure were in the news during the last couple
of weeks, and then the infamous AOL employee selling User Info scandal, I decided to
uninstall the Google Desktop. Too bad, because it was a new, fast and easy way of data
retrieval, cataloging the search hits by file type, even email from Outlook and Outlook
Express could be found as if each email was a separate file. I wish that I could have the
trust to use Goggle Desktop, because it is really amazing...
T.C.
