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Google put an API into Chrome that sends extra system info but only to*.google.com domains. In every Chromium browser. (xcancel.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I wonder how long this existed before it got discovered.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago

2013 apparently, a quick kludge for that time's version of Hangouts.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

good thing i don't use any of that fucking bullshit any more

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

According to mental outlaw this is a DMA violation

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

almost certainly, if the EU want to push it

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Google will probably remove it IMO as either it isn't used or it is used and a DMA violation which can get them big fines if they don't remove it before the EU reacts.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

archive https://archive.is/jt9bq

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It's still in Edge and Brave, though Vivaldi spotted it four years ago and made it optional to switch it on.