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I feel like it's a matter of time before chrome adopts similar bullshit. Just in time censorship

r721 5y ago
Chrome for Windows already scans local files for "unwanted software" (using ESET’s technology), other kinds of hashes could be easily added there: >As applied in Chrome Cleanup, ESET’s technology is used by Google to alert users about unwanted or potentially harmful software attempting to get on users’ devices through stealth, for example, by being bundled into the download of legitimate software or content. Google Chrome, using ESET’s security technology, then provides users with the option to remove the unwanted software. Chrome Cleanup operates in the background, without visibility or interruptions to the user. It deletes the unwanted software and notifies the user once the cleanup has been successfully completed. https://www.eset.com/int/about/newsroom/press-releases/company/google-chrome-and-eset-collaborate-in-fight-against-online-threats-3/ https://www.eset.com/int/about/newsroom/press-releases/compa...
runjake 5y ago
Chrome/ChromeOS/Android already do the same thing with cloud synced photos but it happens on the server side. Google has been scanning for years now. Same with Microsoft. And Dropbox. And…
- mastazi 5y ago
  If it's private and/or sensitive, it probably shouldn't be stored with a cloud-synced service. Recently I've seen a lot of "experts" trying to reassure the non-technically oriented about the fact that it's not true that "the cloud is not someone else's computer", that that's just a meme and it's not accurate. But they never thoroughly explain why that wouldn't be the case. When you dig deeper, it turns out that more often than not those "experts" are people whose job is to sell cloud services, or who work for companies that sell cloud services.
- judge2020 5y ago
  "Chrome/ChromeOS/Android" doesn't work when Android is a completely separate piece of software from the other two, and only Android/ChromeOS have any sort of file syncing to Google servers thus meaning no PhotoDNA scans if you only use the Chrome browser.

r721 5y ago

Chrome for Windows already scans local files for "unwanted software" (using ESET’s technology), other kinds of hashes could be easily added there: >As applied in Chrome Cleanup, ESET’s technology is used by Google to alert users about unwanted or potentially harmful software attempting to get on users’ devices through stealth, for example, by being bundled into the download of legitimate software or content. Google Chrome, using ESET’s security technology, then provides users with the option to remove the unwanted software. Chrome Cleanup operates in the background, without visibility or interruptions to the user. It deletes the unwanted software and notifies the user once the cleanup has been successfully completed. https://www.eset.com/int/about/newsroom/press-releases/company/google-chrome-and-eset-collaborate-in-fight-against-online-threats-3/ https://www.eset.com/int/about/newsroom/press-releases/compa...

runjake 5y ago

Chrome/ChromeOS/Android already do the same thing with cloud synced photos but it happens on the server side. Google has been scanning for years now. Same with Microsoft. And Dropbox. And…

mastazi 5y ago
If it's private and/or sensitive, it probably shouldn't be stored with a cloud-synced service. Recently I've seen a lot of "experts" trying to reassure the non-technically oriented about the fact that it's not true that "the cloud is not someone else's computer", that that's just a meme and it's not accurate. But they never thoroughly explain why that wouldn't be the case. When you dig deeper, it turns out that more often than not those "experts" are people whose job is to sell cloud services, or who work for companies that sell cloud services.
judge2020 5y ago
"Chrome/ChromeOS/Android" doesn't work when Android is a completely separate piece of software from the other two, and only Android/ChromeOS have any sort of file syncing to Google servers thus meaning no PhotoDNA scans if you only use the Chrome browser.