I realize that these articles were from 2008, so someone correct me if any of this has changed at all.
Though, I don't use chrome,partly because it has nothing to offer that I can't find in firefox.
"After typing Microsoft.com in the address field, all calls were addressed to IP 74.125.43.100 (host: bw-in-f100.google.com) which is Google’s for sure.
hXXp://74.125.43.100/complete/search?client=chrome&output=chrome&hl=en-US&q=…
For example:
Session Protocol
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GET /complete/search?client=chrome&output=chrome&hl=en-US&q=h
["h",["
http://www.hm.com/","hotmail","home depot","hsbc"],["Hx26M","430,000,000 results","32,300,000 results","27,800,000 results"],[],{"google:suggesttype":["NAVIGATION","QUERY","QUERY","QUERY"]}]GET /complete/search?client=chrome&output=chrome&hl=en-US&q=htt
["htt",["
http://www.facebook.com/","httpservletrequest","httrack","http 500"],["Facebook","1,000,000 results","554,000 results","87,500,000 results"],[],{"google:suggesttype":["NAVIGATION","QUERY","QUERY","QUERY"]}]"
Link to article:
http://www.favbrowser.com/google-chrome-spyware-confirmed/"An italian blog has recently tested Chrome by using a program called SilkPerformer. During such a test a web address was typed in Chrome. At this point the program started recording a weird activity. A lot of requests were sent through the Internet, from Chrome to this address:
http://clients1.google.it/complete/search. Such requests were sent without the user pressing Enter!"
Link to article:
http://www.webtlk.com/2008/09/11/is-google-chrome-spying-all-of-us/"Chrome has an "incognito mode," which theoretically preserves your anonymity. But as Consumer Watchdog points out, the mode often switches off automatically without your knowledge. You may think you're surfing the Web without someone looking over your shoulder, but the reality is considerably different."
Link to article:
http://www.thebigmoney.com/blogs/feeling-lucky/2008/11/04/chrome-spying-youThe end decision is up to you though.Some users feel this is a non-issue, I consider it a big one. I may not be doing anything "bad" but I don't like the thought of someone "watching my keystrokes" by any means. Do you really trust google with your privacy and information enough to use THEIR web browser?
I know I don't.