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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)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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https://simonwillison.net/2024/Jul/9/hangout_servicesthunkjs/

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[โ€“] ComeHereOrIHookYou@lemmy.world 94 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (10 children)

This is hilarious! It even works on Edge, Vivaldi and even Brave ๐Ÿคฃ. Good thing I use Firefox in almost everything or general day to day use

[โ€“] madis@lemm.ee 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Vivaldi and Brave have the option to disable the Hangouts extension in settings, which should disable this.

As linked in the article, it is indeed used for "Hangouts" (Meet) troubleshooting.

[โ€“] ComeHereOrIHookYou@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

This is good news since Vivaldi is my goto chromium browser (when I need to really use it)

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