New Google Chrome bypasses filters , collects data

[AndreiV]

A new encrypted version of Google Chrome will allow kids to bypass filters and access bad content.

It also sounds like a privacy problem as the new browser can collect your entire browsing history.

https://www.thedrum.com/news/2019/0...-government-hold-talks-over-new-google-chrome

 

[dave14305]

I couldn’t infer what the actual change was to chrome. Is this some built-in vpn or dns-over-https? The article was low on details and no discernible references to a source.

 

[ColinTaylor]

So this looks like nothing more than DoH which everybody (apart from the Government apparently) has known was coming to Chrome for at least a year.

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.p...battle-over-encrypted-dns-and-censorship.html

https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/dns-over-https

FYI The original article was in the Sunday Times.

 

[sfx2000]

Yeah... it's nothing new, and really not unexpected to be honest - other than Chrome acting perhaps unexpectedly as of recent - but this isn't just Chrome. Chrome is just being Chrome - google experiments a lot - and they've lost a bit of the way with "Don't be Evil" as it's very easy to cross that line - just ask Facebook, who gives zero F's about being evil or not...

And this has been a concern for a while, and folks are working on this kind of thing, as it presents a lot of challenges - not just Chrome, but other applications.