dantheclammanJul 9, 2024

Google.com pages found to have access to hidden Chrome API allowing hardware info such as CPU usage to be viewed

https://lemmy.world/post/17393879

Google.com pages found to have access to hidden Chrome API allowing hardware info such as CPU usage to be viewed - Lemmy.World

h/t @[email protected] https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/112757810519145581 [https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/112757810519145581]

Show threadxavier666Jul 10, 2024

Remember the rule of thumb -> if it’s not open-source, you are allowing the software to do whatever it wants to do.

No regulation, law, support group is going to help you. You are digging your own grave.

Show threadJackbyDev
I agree, but… This was in open source software. Chromium. Not just Google Chrome. github.com/…/422c736b82e7ee763c67109cde700db81ca7…
Bundle Hangouts Services extension with Chrome · chromium/chromium@422c736

BUG=291271 Review URL: https://codereview.chromium.org/35873003 git-svn-id: svn://svn.chromium.org/chrome/trunk/src@230426 0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98

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Jul 10, 2024 at 5:41amWeb