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> Anyone try this yet?
>
> Google Web Accelerator works with your browser to help web pages show
> up in a snap.
> FREE and takes seconds to install
> System Requirements
> Operating System: Win XP or Win 2000 SP3+
> Browser: IE 5.5+ or Firefox 1.0+
> Availability: For users in North America and Europe (during beta
> testing phase)
> Google Web Accelerator is...
> · Designed for Broadband - Web pages load even more quickly on DSL
> and cable connections
> · Easy to use - Simply install and enjoy faster web browsing in
> seconds
>
> http://webaccelerator.google.com/
>
From the Support page <http://webaccelerator.google.com/support.html>
How does using Google Web Accelerator affect my privacy?
Google Web Accelerator receives much of the same kind of information you
currently send to your ISP when you surf the Web:
Google will receive your requests for unencrypted pages (those with "HTTP:",
not "HTTPS:", at the beginning of the URL), along with information such as
the date and time of the request, your IP address, and computer and
connection information
If you enter personally identifiable information (such as an email address)
onto a form on an unencrypted web page, some sites may send this information
through Google. Whenever your computer sends cookies with browsing or
prefetching page requests for unencrypted sites, we temporarily cache these
cookies in order to improve performance
In order to speed up the display of pages generally, Google Web Accelerator
may store copies of web pages, including prefetched pages that you did not
visit, in the Google Web Accelerator cache on your machine. This is separate
from your browser's cache, which only identifies pages that you actually
visited. You can empty your Google Web Accelerator cache at any time by
following these instructions.
The policies for the Google Web Accelerator, like those for Google.com,
uphold the highest level of integrity and respect for our users'
information. Google will never rent or sell a user's personal information to
third parties without a user's explicit permission.
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I personally wouldn't want to use it as I would be concerned about personal
information ending up with Google.