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Is there more of an explanation? I see a baseless claim without any specificity. I'm not saying it's right/wrong, just that no evidence was presented.

• develatio 2y ago
  There is a link pointing out the exact place in Chrome's code.
• FateOfNations 2y ago
  Chrome extensions can access CPU and GPU statistics via a public API that any extension developer can use. Google Chrome comes bundled with a hidden "Hangouts Services" extension, which has permissions for *.google.com (that extension's ID is the 'nkeimhogjdpnpccoofpliimaahmaaome' referenced in the examples). That extension has a function that will return those stats when called from JavaScript running on a webpage. As a result, any JavaScript running on *.google.com can get the current CPU and GPU utilization.
  • chrsig 2y ago
    Hmm. I'm going to go ahead and blame twitter here. I don't see any additional links in the tweet or anything.
    • hmry 2y ago
      Twitter hides all replies and follow-ups unless you log in.