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

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[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

I wonder how long this existed before it got discovered.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

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

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

According to mental outlaw this is a DMA violation

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

almost certainly, if the EU want to push it

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

archive https://archive.is/jt9bq

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

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