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yanw on Sept 1, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google Chrome Is The New “Down For Everyone Or Jus...

It checks against Google's own "it is down" app not against other users, which is the more practical approach.

pak on Sept 4, 2010 [–]

But still, in asking Google's servers about the URL, you are telling Google what site you wanted to visit.

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