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TIL Chrome is scanning your files, including private folders, in the background as an anti-malware measure
https://twitter.com/swagitda_/status/979477998142476289
There’s currently no “off” switch, but apparently the devs reassure that scans are local and not “cloud” based. But this still has consent and privacy implications
Any idea if it's trying these shenanigans on other platforms?
@RussSharek So far, it seems limited to Windows. I haven’t seen anyone mentioning the same on Linux or macOS. Also Chromium doesn’t seem to have that functionality so any version should be fine