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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 14 points 4 months ago

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...?

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 6 points 4 months ago

Yes, though they could remove it. If they're open source then you could check easily.

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