lemme in@lemm.ee to privacy@lemmy.ca · 5 months agoChromium browsers have been quietly sending user information to Googlewww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1272arrow-down14
arrow-up1268arrow-down1external-linkChromium browsers have been quietly sending user information to Googlewww.techspot.comlemme in@lemm.ee to privacy@lemmy.ca · 5 months agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareXTL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·5 months agoThis 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.
minus-squareschizo@forum.uncomfortable.businesslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·5 months agoYeah, 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.
minus-squaresunzu@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoCut it all off!! well besides spytube… can’t really cut that off yet…
minus-squareAuli@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoI would hope Google free Chromium doesn’t but who knows.
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.
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.
Cut it all off!!
well besides spytube… can’t really cut that off yet…
I would hope Google free Chromium doesn’t but who knows.