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BBC News.
Tougher hacking laws get support
Both the Tories and Lib Dems have backed government measures to increase penalties for UK computer hackers.
Anyone hacking a computer could be punished with 10 years’ imprisonment under new laws.
The bill - which was being debated for the first time in the House of Commons on Monday - would also boost the penalty for using hacking tools.
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Google Desktop
In order to share your indexed files between your computers, we securely transmit this content to Google Desktop servers located at Google. This is necessary, for example, if one of your computers is turned off or otherwise offline when new or updated items are indexed on another of your machines. We store this data temporarily on Google Desktop servers and automatically delete older files, and your data is never accessible by anyone doing a Google search. You can learn more by reading the Google Desktop privacy policy.
February 9, 2006
Google Privacy Policy
Enabling Advanced Features also allows Google Desktop to collect a limited amount of non-personal information from your computer and send it to Google.
If you choose to enable Search Across Computers, Google will securely transmit copies of your indexed files to Google Desktop servers, in order to provide the feature.
Google unveils Desktop Search 3.0, Privacy Blow-up 2.0
arstechnica.com
2/9/2006 10:58:07 AM
Ken “Caesar” Fisher
Google has taken the wraps off yet another update to the Google Desktop Search. At the fresh release age of three, Google Desktop Search (GDS) improves on the old while proudly pimping the new. But with today’s release, Google is crossing into some new, interesting, and potentially controversial territory.
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