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

submitted 4 months ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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[-] kbal@fedia.io 17 points 4 months ago

I wonder how long this existed before it got discovered.

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 22 points 4 months ago

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

[-] eatham@aussie.zone 12 points 4 months ago

According to mental outlaw this is a DMA violation

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 10 points 4 months ago

almost certainly, if the EU want to push it

[-] eatham@aussie.zone 8 points 4 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.

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 11 points 4 months ago

archive https://archive.is/jt9bq

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months 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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