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Google's Latest Desktop Version Includes Privacy Risks, Groups Say

Privacy group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and security vendor Kaspersky Lab have lashed out against Google's latest version of its desktop search application. The EFF has advised users to avoid the application because a feature known as Search Across Computers "greatly increases the risk to consumer privacy."

Google desktop slammed for privacy problems, ComputerActive, February 13, 2006.