An API provided by a preinstalled extension called "hangout_services" in Chromium browsers is quietly sending information about users' CPU and GPU usage to Google when visiting Google...
The API is only available to Google domains, but is there any proof of it being used to collect data outside the Hangouts domain (which the extension was for?)
They exposed the information to Google’s Javascript but I don’t think I’ve see any evidence of them actually collecting that information, let alone outside of Hangouts itself.
The API is only available to Google domains, but is there any proof of it being used to collect data outside the Hangouts domain (which the extension was for?)
They exposed the information to Google’s Javascript but I don’t think I’ve see any evidence of them actually collecting that information, let alone outside of Hangouts itself.
I’d take it the opposite way, does Google have evidence that it wasn’t used outside the hangouts domain?