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Google Chrome ships a default, hidden extension that allows code on *.google.com access to private APIs, including your current CPU usage(fedi.simonwillison.net)

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Misk@lemmy.world
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So since they only just seem to have discovered this, does that mean this invisible extension also likely to be present on Chromium based browsers such as Brave and Thorium etc…?

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JackbyDev@programming.dev
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Yes, though they could remove it. If they’re open source then you could check easily.

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