Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agoGoogle Chrome ships a default, hidden extension that allows code on *.google.com access to private APIs, including your current CPU usagefedi.simonwillison.netexternal-linkmessage-square199fedilinkarrow-up11.52Karrow-down19file-textcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up11.51Karrow-down1external-linkGoogle Chrome ships a default, hidden extension that allows code on *.google.com access to private APIs, including your current CPU usagefedi.simonwillison.netAndromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square199fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
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minus-squareMadis@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·4 months agoVivaldi 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.
minus-squareComeHereOrIHookYou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoThis is good news since Vivaldi is my goto chromium browser (when I need to really use it)
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.
This is good news since Vivaldi is my goto chromium browser (when I need to really use it)