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Google Chrome ships a default, hidden extension that allows code on *.google.com access to private APIs, including your current CPU usage (fedi.simonwillison.net)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] cubism_pitta@lemmy.world 59 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Google does a lot of standards breaking things.

Like allowing a link on Google Apps Marketplace to open a new window (like popup) with POST instead of GET. (This pretty much ensures that buying an app will fail for browsers that follow the spec)

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

This garbage behavior is in Chromium as well?