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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)
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[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 27 points 6 months ago (2 children)

And Mozilla main source of income is... Google.

This is bad, very bad.

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 months ago

Google pays them to be the default search. FF is like Steve Irwin, you could have been the biggest poacher, if you gave him money he would use it to buy land to help protect animals. FF is pulling the same thing but for the intetnet

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 6 months ago

so donate and change that