User identification via Chromium browser (Chrome, Edge, Brave)?

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Luca Casonato already pointed out an issue in connection with Chromium browsers on July 9, 2024. In the browser, all Google websites are granted full access to system data such as CPU usage, GPU utilization, memory usage and processor information via a hidden extension. Allows Google sites to provide detailed information about the system, which enables fingerprinting. Furthermore, this information can also benefit Google during debugging. This would be a violation of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). I'll extract the relevant information in a blog post.

This topic has already been brought to my attention by two readers in recent days. Marcel had already emailed me on July 10 with the information that the Google Chrome browser is spying even more on its users and monitoring them. This would also affect other browsers that are based on Chromium, such as Brave or Microsoft Edge. The function is hidden in the browser extensions, where the user cannot see it.

I did a quick search – in this article, the editors of Golem refer to a blog post by Simon Willison, who writes that this system information has been available since October 2013. On ycombinator, a Google employee who does not work for the Chromium project writes that there is a simple explanation. Developers can view the system load per browser in Google Meet when debugging.

User identification via Chromium browser (Chrome, Edge, Brave)?

[German]Luca Casonato already pointed out an issue in connection with Chromium browsers on July 9, 2024. In the browser, all Google websites are granted full access to system data such as CPU usage, GPU utilization, memory usage and processor information via a hidden extension. Allows Google...

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