1y ago

Google put an API into Chrome that sends extra system info but only to*.google.com domains. In every Chromium browser.

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I wonder how long this existed before it got discovered.
- 2013 apparently, a quick kludge for that time's version of Hangouts.
According to mental outlaw this is a DMA violation
- almost certainly, if the EU want to push it
  
  Google will probably remove it IMO as either it isn't used or it is used and a DMA violation which can get them big fines if they don't remove it before the EU reacts.
archive https://archive.is/jt9bq
It's still in Edge and Brave, though Vivaldi spotted it four years ago and made it optional to switch it on.

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