Jason is trying to calm folks down about the current scandal related to the new Google toolbar. It has a feature which will rewrite certain things on a page and create a link.
For example, a FedEx tracking number would be turned into a link to the FedEx site so you could go directly to your tracking.
I am tending to agree with Jason on this especially in the sense that a user is consciously downloading the toolbar and turning the feature on. It wasn't like the SmartTags incident of a few years ago where Microsoft was seemingly just going to include the feature in IE without any warning or way to turn it off.
All of that being said, it is good that people are thinking critically about any company, no matter what their street cred.
Posted by Josh at February 17, 2005 01:36 PM | TrackBack