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Chrome is listening

2014-01-23 23:06:57.415232+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Interesting claim: Chrome Bugs Allow Sites to Listen to Your Private Conversations

By exploiting bugs in Google Chrome, malicious sites can activate your microphone, and listen in on anything said around your computer, even after you’ve left those sites.

Even while not using your computer - conversations, meetings and phone calls next to your computer may be recorded and compromised.

Apparently there's some voice recognition system in Chrome that can be subverted...

Via BBC News.

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