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Monadnock Guide
Council of Elders
USA
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 Posted - June 24 2015 : 09:39:58 AM
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http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/23/google-eavesdropping-tool-installed-computers-without-permission
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First spotted by open source developers, the Chromium browser – the open source basis for Google’s Chrome – began remotely installing audio-snooping code that was capable of listening to users.
It was designed to support Chrome’s new “OK, Google” hotword detection – which makes the computer respond when you talk to it – but was installed, and, some users have claimed, it is activated on computers without their permission.
“Without consent, Google’s code had downloaded a black box of code that – according to itself – had turned on the microphone and was actively listening to your room,” said Rick Falkvinge, the Pirate party founder, in a blog post. “Which means that your computer had been stealth configured to send what was being said in your room to somebody else, to a private company in another country, without your consent or knowledge, an audio transmission triggered by … an unknown and unverifiable set of conditions.”
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Fitzhugh Williams
Mohicanland Statesman
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Posted - June 24 2015 : 10:40:38 AM
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| I use Chrome because it takes up less RAM that Firefox, but it is not as good a browser. No problems, because I don't have a microphone. |
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richfed
Sachem
USA
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Posted - June 26 2015 : 09:45:20 AM
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| I have tried Chrome, but never really used it. It is uninstalled from my PC. I guess I'm a die-hard - or hard-headed - I still use Internet Explorer [now version 11], with Firefox as my backup browser. Soon, with the upcoming Windows 10, there will be a new browser. Can't recall the name. Edge? Perhaps? |
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