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kakes , 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

It baffles me that they sell Chrome as private and/or secure, and baffles me even more that people believe them.

sudo ,

It baffles me people use chrome.

SorryQuick ,

Why? There was a time when chrome was significantly better, and most people hate change.

kava ,

I remember back in the day everyone used Firefox. Then Chrome came out and there was a nice ad campaign and it was actually way faster.

Then slowly everyone switched to Chrome. At some point in the last 15 years, it switched to Firefox being superior.

I switched back to Firefox maybe like 7~ years ago? But I did it for open source reasons.

nyan , 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

Would everyone who is surprised by this please raise your hand? . . . That’s what I thought.

gofsckyourself ,

I am

homesweethomeMrL ,

License and registration, sir

11111one11111 ,

Really? That’s not what the data from your api says /s

littlewonder ,

Keep your hand raised because I’m coming in for a perfectly-landed high-five!

moriquende ,

perfectly-landed never happened before, and never will

gjoel ,

You don’t need to actually write it, just raise your hand and we have registered your vote, either via your computer’s camera, Google Nest, Google Assistant or inferred it by analysing the WiFi data returned by your Google Mesh network.

victorz ,

Not surprised, but still disappointed.

boonhet , 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

Chrome cryptominer when

Pechente ,

Probably already installed. That would at least explain the high resource usage of chrome

AlexWIWA ,

I’m willing to be we’ll see something to train language models on the user’s hardware soon enough. Folding at home, but instead of helping science, Google steals your electricity.

vvv ,

I really think that’s the secret end game behind all the AI stuff in both Windows and MacOS. MS account required to use it. (anyone know if you need to be signed in to apple ID for apple ai?) “on device” inference that sometimes will reach out to the cloud. when it feels like it. maybe sometimes the cloud will reach out to you and ask your cpu to help out with training.

that, and better local content analysis. “no we aren’t sending everything the microphone picks up to our servers, of course not. just the transcript that your local stt model made of it, you won’t even notice the bandwidth!)”

zqwzzle ,

The shitty reboot of Office Space where some low level Google employee realizes they can stick a crypto miner in every browser and generate a couple cents from everyone’s browser.

Tolookah ,

G Suite Space?

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