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March 11, 2005
Hijack via Google
"What if a company with great power on the Web started adding its own links to your page, drawing visitors away from your page to other sites of its own choosing?"
Google is now <a href="http://ptech.wsj.com/archive/ptech-20050310.html">hijacking websites</a> and altering the links, all as a matter of convenience for its users.
A new feature of the company's popular Google Toolbar for the Internet Explorer browser actually adds links right into the body of any Web page. The links lead to Google's own map site or to other sites Google selects.
And, it installs itself as a part of Internet Explorer.
Google Toolbar users beware.
Posted by LindaSoG at March 11, 2005 05:25 AM
Comments
I only have one toolbar. Behind me as I sit at my computer desk, is a bar. Next to that is a bench with all my tools.
That's the only "toolbar" I need!
Posted by: Eric at March 12, 2005 12:27 AM