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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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[-] ComeHereOrIHookYou@lemmy.world 94 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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

[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 4 months ago

Firefox 🔛 🔝

[-] xavier666@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

🦊🦊

[-] madis@lemm.ee 17 points 4 months ago

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.

[-] 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)

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

I'll admit, in several places I used Edge as an effort to have at least some layer of distrust between myself and Google. I'll have to quit that though.

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I like your style. I went looking and found "switchbar" which kinda/sorta eases this bouncing between browsers idea:

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/open-with-switchbar/klgpknafjlhnpkppfbihchgfebbdcomd

It's not elegant, but it supports the workflow you suggest. I kind of like the idea of using Edge for google.com and Chrome for microsoft.com. I'm not optimizing my experience (it may in fact be very sub-optimal), but I'm also using competition to neutralize potential shenanigans.

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I kind of like the idea of using Edge for google.com and Chrome for microsoft.com.

Dang, just use Firefox. It's so much easier then this

[-] solrize@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/06/mozilla-is-an-advertising-company-now/

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 4 months ago

such a sensationalist article there. mozilla isnt an advertising company, they bought a company that specialises in privacy focused ad campaigns so they can provide an alternative to google for companies.

which is what they should be doing.

[-] ComeHereOrIHookYou@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Welp, might as well just use w3m 🤣

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