German security agencies do not advise users to use Google browser

Sina Science and technology news Beijing time September 8, according to foreign media reports, Germany's well-known television tagesschau Sunday night in prime time broadcast a news, reminding users not to easily use Google's new Chrome browser.

The German Federal Information Security Office (hereinafter referred to as fois) warns Internet users not to use Google's Chrome browser lightly, the news said. Fois spokesman said that netizens should not use Chrome browser to access the Internet, because this is a beta software, a lot of problems.

In addition, using the same manufacturer's Internet tools can easily lead to the disclosure of user privacy. In addition to Chrome browser, Google's search and e-mail services are very popular.

To break the monopoly of Microsoft's IE browser, Google released its Chrome browser beta on September 2. Earlier, the advocacy group Electronic Frontier Foundation (hereinafter referred to as "EFF") also expressed similar concerns.

EFF that Google Chrome's smart Address bar features could cause user privacy to be compromised. To give advice to users, the information that users enter in the Chrome address bar will be sent to Google. (Li Ming)