Comment on Google Chrome ships a default, hidden extension that allows code on *.google.com access to private APIs, including your current CPU usage
Thank you for this info. If this is just an extension, can we just uninstall it or turn it off?
This is not a typical extension and it cannot be removed. It doesn’t even show up in the list of installed extensions.
Maybe recompiling? But I suspect that Chrome as it is, is closed source?
Chromium is open source. Google Chrome is not open source.
github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium
…github.io/ungoogled-chromium-binaries/
Seems like a great option. Can anyone more familiar with the code confirm this removes the aforementioned CPU-fingerprinting plugin?
daq@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
This is not a typical extension and it cannot be removed. It doesn’t even show up in the list of installed extensions.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Maybe recompiling? But I suspect that Chrome as it is, is closed source?
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 months ago
Chromium is open source. Google Chrome is not open source.
ABasilPlant@lemmy.world 2 months ago
github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium
…github.io/ungoogled-chromium-binaries/
Katana314@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Seems like a great option. Can anyone more familiar with the code confirm this removes the aforementioned CPU-fingerprinting plugin?