<a href="https://x.com/lcasdev">Luca</a> found a hidden Chrome extension that is installed by default in Chrome and most Chromium derivatives. Surma and Jake dig into what this extensions does and how reasonable it is to get angry about it. Resources: <ul> <li><a href= "https://x.com/lcasdev/status/1810696257137959018">Luca's original tweet thread</a></li> <li>The extension's <a href= "https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:chrome/browser/resources/hangout_services/">source code</a></li> <li><a href= "https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/4ZKccJozMuU/m/T_1vY3DKEAAJ?pli=1"> Discussion on blink-dev</a></li> <li>The original <a href= "https://codereview.chromium.org/35873003">PR</a> that introduced the extension</li> <li>Brendan Eich's <a href= "https://x.com/BrendanEich/status/1810775637759754332">response</a></li> <li>Brave <a href= "https://github.com/brave/brave-core/pull/24583">PR</a> disabling the extension</li> </ul>

Luca found a hidden Chrome extension that is installed by default in Chrome and most Chromium derivatives. Surma and Jake dig into what this extensions does and how reasonable it is to get angry about it. Resources: Luca's original tweet thread The extension's source code Discussion on blink-dev The original PR that introduced the extension Brendan Eich's response Brave PR disabling the extension

<a href="https://x.com/lcasdev" rel="noopener noreferrer">Luca</a> found a hidden Chrome extension that is installed by default in Chrome and most Chromium derivatives. Surma and Jake dig into what this extensions does and how reasonable it is to get angry about it. Resources: <ul> <li><a href="https://x.com/lcasdev/status/1810696257137959018" rel="noopener noreferrer">Luca's original tweet thread</a></li> <li>The extension's <a href="https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:chrome/browser/resources/hangout_services/" rel="noopener noreferrer">source code</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/4ZKccJozMuU/m/T_1vY3DKEAAJ?pli=1" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Discussion on blink-dev</a></li> <li>The original <a href="https://codereview.chromium.org/35873003" rel="noopener noreferrer">PR</a> that introduced the extension</li> <li>Brendan Eich's <a href="https://x.com/BrendanEich/status/1810775637759754332" rel="noopener noreferrer">response</a></li> <li>Brave <a href="https://github.com/brave/brave-core/pull/24583" rel="noopener noreferrer">PR</a> disabling the extension</li> </ul>

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