Working around the EFF Google Desktop Search boycott; How to use remote Google Desktop without compromising your privacy.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-16 February 2006-Laplink Software: Working around the EFF Google Desktop Search boycott; How to use remote Google Desktop without compromising your privacy(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:15022006 BELLEVUE, WA - Google's powerful but controversial new search feature, which allows PC users to search files on remote computers, has come under heavy fire from the EFF for potential privacy violations.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights advocate, recently issued a stern warning to consumers about using an enhancement to Google Desktop that stores copies of the contents of their hard drives on the search company's servers. The EFF is urging that consumers boycott the feature called "Search Across Computers" because it...