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lemme in@lemm.ee to privacy@lemmy.ca · 4 months ago

Chromium browsers have been quietly sending user information to Google

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Chromium browsers have been quietly sending user information to Google

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lemme in@lemm.ee to privacy@lemmy.ca · 4 months ago
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An API provided by a preinstalled extension called "hangout_services" in Chromium browsers is quietly sending information about users' CPU and GPU usage to Google when visiting Google...
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    I’d take it the opposite way, does Google have evidence that it wasn’t used outside the hangouts domain?

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