Here’s the source on the Windows device scanning: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2765944?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en … “Chrome helps you find suspicious or unwanted programs on your Windows computer.”
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I was wondering why my Canarytoken (a file folder) was triggering & discovered the culprit was chrome.exe. Turns out @googlechrome quietly began performing AV scans on Windows devices last fall. Wtf m8? This isn’t a system dir, either, it’s in \Documents\pic.twitter.com/IQZPSVpkz7
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I’m also now wondering if this is why my box is crashing so often
when I googled the errors before, advice was to uninstall third party AV & until now I didn’t think I had any.... ffsShow this thread -
Follow up from the google chrome security lead for those navigating the thread:https://twitter.com/justinschuh/status/979726090506715136?s=21 …
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@justinschuh from Chrome’s team to read (read before DMing him!):https://twitter.com/justinschuh/status/980505084919365632?s=21 …Show this thread
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FYI for people joining the thread late, here is someone from google chrome’s response:https://twitter.com/justinschuh/status/979726090506715136?s=21 …
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Is there a chrome setting to stop this ESET / Chrome partnership running?
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see the response here:https://twitter.com/justinschuh/status/979731427385208832?s=21 …
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use Mozilla , because chrome is mem.eater
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Using available memory is bad why exactly?
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Spare memory if possible is bad why?
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Is it Chrome, a process running in chrome from a script on a website from or a chrome plugin?
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So do I! That would be more disturbing than Google doing it... I think ...
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I’m pretty confident it’s Chrome itself, not a plug-in or script, particularly given they admit they do it. But I’ll have to test further to 100% confirm
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Bizarre and troubling... FWIW I haven’t seen similar on MacOS, though Gmail constantly trying to access the camera without Chrome permissions is disturbing
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I got rid of Goggle Chrome on all my devises a long time ago
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Isn’t this an invasion of privacy and worthy of more serious legal ramifications?
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Hi Kelly, I wanted to know; as a security specialist, what is your opinion on Google Chromes security? Have you moved to a different web browser, or would you still recommend Chrome for general users and small businesses?
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