@GreenEngineering3475 to GoogleEnglish • 6 months agoGoogle can totally explain why Chromium browsers quietly tell only its websites about your CPU, GPU usagewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square10arrow-up1168arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: hardware
arrow-up1166arrow-down1external-linkGoogle can totally explain why Chromium browsers quietly tell only its websites about your CPU, GPU usagewww.theregister.com@GreenEngineering3475 to GoogleEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square10file-textcross-posted to: hardware
minus-square@Greee1911link7•6 months agoI’m trying to understand why I care that websites know what cpu I have. Why do I care? Why is this some mass invasion of privacy?
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠linkfedilink16•6 months agoFingerprinting, it allows Google to track exactly who you are across the web. Anything you look at or search for, Google can find out it’s you basically. So yes, massive invasion of privacy.
I’m trying to understand why I care that websites know what cpu I have. Why do I care? Why is this some mass invasion of privacy?
Fingerprinting, it allows Google to track exactly who you are across the web. Anything you look at or search for, Google can find out it’s you basically.
So yes, massive invasion of privacy.