The article says that you have to configure it to NOT index your files, but, when I installed it yesterday and I am looking at it right now, that option is not enabled by default.
EFF warns people to not use Google Desktop
http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2006_02.php#004400
RIGHT AFTER it finally indexes my computer, I gotta uninstall? lol (I think I'll wait on that one!)

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