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Google Drops Binary Code into Chromium for Linux

posted by janrinok on Friday June 19 2015, @11:56PM   Printer-friendly
from the I-forget,-who-are-the-good-guys-now? dept.

Kunasou writes:

Google added to Chromium 43.x a new add-on called "Chrome Hotword Shared Module" without source code. At first run, it is automatically downloaded and installed without any prompt. After this installation [it] is only available at chrome://voicesearch/ and is not shown in the extensions menu and by default the user is not able to disable or uninstall it. This add-on can record audio any time since is linked to the Ok Google feature ( https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2940021?hl=en [support.google.com] ).

Sources: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=500922 and http://www.ghacks.net/2015/06/19/googles-in-hot-water-after-dropping-binary-code-in-chromium-for-linux/

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by wonkey_monkey on Saturday June 20 2015, @10:17AM

    by wonkey_monkey (279) on Saturday June 20 2015, @10:17AM (#198603) Homepage

    Google Drops Binary Code in Chromium for Linux

    Careful with your verbs there. "Drops" sounds like they've removed a feature, not added one. "Into" would have made things slightly clearer, but the verb is the main problem.

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  • (Score: 2) by ticho on Saturday June 20 2015, @10:31AM

    by ticho (89) on Saturday June 20 2015, @10:31AM (#198606) Homepage Journal

    Would "Google Set Us Up Binary Code in Chromium for Linux" be better? :)

    • (Score: 2) by mtrycz on Saturday June 20 2015, @12:05PM

      by mtrycz (60) on Saturday June 20 2015, @12:05PM (#198628)

      Allyour voice are belong to us.

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  • (Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Saturday June 20 2015, @04:53PM

    by wonkey_monkey (279) on Saturday June 20 2015, @04:53PM (#198741) Homepage

    Look at that, someone fixed it. Lovely!

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