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abbadon420 , to technology in Google Chrome ships a default, hidden extension that allows code on *.google.com access to private APIs, including your current CPU usage

Here’s the plan. You write an extension for chrome that makes chrome think all traffic from [cryptominingcentral.com] is actually from *.google.com. Make folks install the plugin via the tried and tested methods like phishing. … profit

authorinthedark ,

couldn’t you do that anyway if you can get people to install an extension? taking advantage of this for crypto mining purposes feels like extra steps

empireOfLove2 , to technology in Google Chrome ships a default, hidden extension that allows code on *.google.com access to private APIs, including your current CPU usage
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Hmmm, no way this could ever turn into a security hole, I’m sure of it.

mrvictory1 , to technology in Google Chrome ships a default, hidden extension that allows code on *.google.com access to private APIs, including your current CPU usage

Google Meet can show CPU usage, they aten’t trying to hide this.

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