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Chromium browsers have been quietly sending user information to Google (www.techspot.com)
submitted 4 months ago by lemmee_in@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ca
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[-] XTL@sopuli.xyz 14 points 4 months ago

This also says "chromium browsers", so maybe people who are using some other one than actual Google Chrome have not known and/or not been told of the collection happening.

[-] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 15 points 4 months ago

Yeah, I'm entirely sure it's upstream of Chrome proper, and kinda consolidates my opinion that anything Google is near should be treated as suspect.

[-] sunzu@kbin.run 2 points 4 months ago

Cut it all off!!

well besides spytube... can't really cut that off yet...

[-] Auli@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

I would hope Google free Chromium doesn’t but who knows.

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