Google Chrome UUID: Developments?

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Chromium is open source - which makes me suspicious of claims that the browser is nefariously tracking your every move without pointing to code.

Here's a search for the 'client_id' that the author was afraid of: http://codesearch.google.com/codesearch?as_q=client_id&v...

It looks like a likely possibility is that the author is syncing his profile to google - in which case it makes sense that some ID needs to be stored in order to figure out which sync updates are coming from which browser.

Please help me out here. I never understood why people always argue that Chromium is open source. Sure, Chromium is, but not Google Chrome. From what I understand, the changes for Chrome from the Chromium source are not obvious. It is not by accident, that it takes me 10 secs to find a Google Chrome download, but to find a Chromium download ready for install on all platforms? I doubt that Average Joe will either understand the difference, and/or find a Chromium download.

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