Google Chrome received an astonishingly good press, so it was inevitable that sooner or later something would upset the applecart. It has, and it comes courtesy of the German Office for Information Security, which has reportedly expressed concerns over the browser’s security features, and is warning against using it, at least until a final post-beta version has been released. Digging a little deeper reveals that the spokesperson’s comments have been widely hyped and misquoted, and Google staunchly defends Chrome’s safety. Nevertheless, there remains some questions marks over how much data it extracts from your surfing activities, and what, exactly it sends back to the mothership. It is also true that it assigns a unique ID to each installation, which seems a bit odd unless Google is going to track what you are up to. For those that like Chrome, and are concerned about privacy, have a look at UnChrome. It’s a freeware utility that zeros out the ID feature in Chrome, making it complete anonymous; what’s more, it doesn’t affect the way Chrome works and you only have to run it once.