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I thought it was general knowledge that the closed-source Chrome sends (some) data back to Google while the open-source Chromium does not.

Disclosure: I use Chrome (default) and IE9 (whenever Chrome fails).

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Usage statistics and crash reporting are strictly opt-in (and the default at install is opted out). There's also sync, but you must explicitly enable the feature and log in.

That leaves five other places where data is sent back to Google for things like search suggestions and malware detection. You can find an explanation of those features and instructions on disabling them here: http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=11...

chromium contains RLZ identifier

The RLZ identifier is present only if Chrome is installed through some sort of third-party deal like a system or software bundle. If you install the stock Chrome from Google it's not present. You can find a good overview of RLZ here: http://blog.chromium.org/2010/06/in-open-for-rlz.html

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