Seems the day I had downloaded the Google Sidebar (see previous post), they had a new version, which includes a feature in the Desktop Search which is “Search Across Computers”. It seems that this feature, when enabled, sends info like web history, etc to Google, which is a BAD thing. Luckily, it is disabled by default, and I recommend that you do not enable this feature, as it could send personal information, history, or files to Google, as well as allow other people to view certain info as well.

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