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Google Eavesdropping Tool Installed on Computers Without Permission
Privacy advocates claim always-listening component was involuntarily activated within Chromium, potentially exposing private conversations.
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"Google also blamed the Linux distribution Debian for downloading the non-open source component with Chromium automatically, rather than Google Chrome.
“The key here is that Chromium is not a Google product. We do not directly distribute it, or make any guarantees with respect to compliance with various open source policies,” Google developer Mgiuca said."
So you indirectly distribute it?
I know what I'm uninstalling first thing when I get home.
And that's why I now use Firefox.