So. What's happening now.

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I just today became aware that something is amiss with Smooth Gestures. 

Is it true about the spying? Why was it pulled so late? Why is not uninstalled 
automatically if it is pulled?

What happened with my data?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by felix.be...@gmail.com on 7 May 2012 at 7:08

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Felix here is the author's explanation: 
http://www.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/jvzud/iama_developer_of_a_chrome_extensi
on_that_spys_on/

I don't think they were spying. Sorry to see the extension go away.

Original comment by vadipp@gmail.com on 10 May 2012 at 10:13

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Thanks. But this was written 8 months ago. Why was it pulled now. Did anything 
new happen?

Original comment by felix.be...@gmail.com on 10 May 2012 at 11:25

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As far as my "research" shows, nothing happened. The author claimed to release 
a new version without the stats collector code, but seems like he didn't do 
that. The source code is available (though some files are obfuscated), so 
someone could make a fork and continue support. It's under Creative Commons 
License, as LICENSE file in the root of the source tree claims.

Original comment by vadipp@gmail.com on 10 May 2012 at 11:30

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Don't look at me. I'm using StrokeIt now. It has the advantage to work also on 
the settings page and on all other tabs as well. And in IE and the explorer 
since it is a Windows desktop program.

I was mad at Google that it took them so long to pull the plug (if they did it 
at all, might have been the author itself). 

Original comment by felix.be...@gmail.com on 10 May 2012 at 11:33