Google Chrome's Big Brother Potential???

[cosmobirdie]

I read this article - //http://bit.ly/8TawRV - from which this is an excerpt:

Chrome netbooks will be the ultimate in tethered devices. You may own the machine, just as you may think you own your Apple iPhone, but in fact Google controls it, just as Apple controls the phone. If, for example, you've tinkered with the device overnight, and the Google server detects the change as you hook up to the net, then the operating system may be remotely deleted and a fresh version installed without your knowledge or consent. Google will argue that this is for your own good – that it's an effective defence against the viruses, trojans and malware that plague current users of Microsoft operating systems.

I was just wondering if y'all had some opinions on this. Personally I've always been a huge fan of Google, but is my faith misplaced???