Ben Edelman, a specialist in dealing with Security, presented the results of research in the blog, which showed that the Google Toolbar sends information about web pages viewed, even when the user disables this option.

In the advanced settings, Google's toolbar can start sending the function the full URL (including parameters) to Google. The inclusion of this mechanism makes our browser "boasts" for example, all queries are used when referring to web search engines.

Edelman used an HTTP sniffer and observed that even after the shutdown of the Google Toolbar requests information about GET parameters continue to be sent to Google. Steps needed to reproduce the problem observed by him placed on a web page. The investigator also points to the disadvantage of involving the disappearance of a button designed to turn off so easily. Enhanced Features.