I have contacted somebody at Google. If they respond with the information they have requested then I could have a Chrome Data Compression Proxy plugin to fix the issue in a few hours.
If they don't respond, we are all SOOL.
I will add the switch to turn off the feature when I get a chance.
My concern now is that the Google SPDY architecture is starting to proliferate and I think it does the same kind of proxy compression stuff.
The spammers are still winning.
Keith