Chromium browsers have been quietly sending user information to Google
Chromium browsers have been quietly sending user information to Google
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Dear everyone. Chromium Browser does not just mean chrome.
It means Edge, Brave, Opera, and virtually every other browser you've ever heard of but Firefox and Safari.
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No shit
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Well, not all chromium browsers. Ungoogled chromium disabled this 8 years ago.
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The face eating leopards are getting fat
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How does this affect Ungoogled Chromium?
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My understanding is that it affects it all the same.
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Wut!!!! A browser engine made by Google have been sending user data to Google? What a surprise
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I'd take it the opposite way, does Google have evidence that it wasn't used outside the hangouts domain?
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Google to users: "I'M GOING TO STEAL ALL YOUR INFORMATION!"
Google: steals users information
Users: shocked pikachu face
Indeed. I’m trying to figure out how “quietly” makes any sense in that headline. Google has been very public about what they’re doing, and has usually published their proposed actions months in advance of actually taking them.
It probably is intended to indicate that Google's software doesn't have a notice anywhere it's sending this data that a normal human could reasonably find.
There's a lot of 'Data we collect' stuff on sites and software now, and I'm entirely sure I've never seen this on any browser using Google's code for this.