FYI Puffin used to be called... http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,39020381,39170559,00.htm No dodgy code has been found (yet).
Well done SE These people are on the same wavelength as you are though: http://www.pandia.com/sw-2004/20-searching.html More sites mention 'Puffin' too. Oh well. It's GDS for short now.
I love it. I feel pretty secure that my files are safe. I don't know why people feel that Google might start stealing information and invading your privacy. Any piece of software you install has the potential for doing this. That's why there is adware and spyware removal tools.