Google Chrome found an unannounced feature that automatically authorizes users without their knowledge. If a user logs on to any of Google's services, he will automatically be authorized in the browser. This will synchronize the users' data between Chrome and other products of the company, and also transfer the entire history of visits to their servers. Expert in cryptography Matthew Greene in his blog post Why I refused to Chrome wrote that the Internet is a dark scheme designed to mislead users. tells the details. Update Chrome After upgrading to version 69, Google's browser has become not only slower, but also compromised the privacy of users. In previous versions of the user's Chrome data, for example, his search history, bookmarks and passwords, were synchronized only when the user decided to log into their account and agreed to the transfer of information. After updating, authorization in the account occurs automatically after connecting to any of the numerous Google services, for example, to Gmail or YouTube. However, Chrome does not show a warning about connecting to the account. Do I trust the user. iOS 12 secretly collects data Google Sync allows users to log in to Chrome using accounts and synchronize browser data (history, passwords, bookmarks) with Google servers. Technology Manager Chrome Adrianna Porter Felt explained that such a system protects users who use the same device with another person. This is a situation where a person used a computer and left any Google service, for example, Gmail, believing that he, along with it, has become logged out in the Chrome browser. But, if this does not happen, the next user of the same computer will accidentally get access to the personal data of the previous user, including his accounts with passwords in social networks. Dark Internet scheme The innovation has caused discontent of users who are afraid of downloading the search history on the company's servers. Presumably, by linking Sync to their services, Google will be able to control the actions of users on the Internet regardless of the devices used. This simplifies the task of more accurately comparing activity with preferences, on the basis of which it is possible to generate more relevant advertising. Nevertheless, engineers assured that automatic authorization does not start the process of synchronizing local data with Google's servers - for this the user must give permission. In addition, the exit from any service also means exit from Chrome. Cryptography expert Matthew Greene suggested that such a system would result in users mistakenly giving their consent to synchronization, adding that before the changes they had to enter their personal data and then give permission for their processing. Now, according to Green, users will only be in one and possibly random clique from the transmission of the history of their browser Google. "If you do not take into account my lack of consent to the biggest opportunity to keep privacy in Chrome (and you do not even inform me that you have ceased to reckon with it!), Why should I believe any other forms of consent that you are offering me? ", he summed up. Google heard this criticism and said that in the next version of Chrome 70 the function of this function will be changed in such a way that it does not violate the privacy of users. In Chrome browser 70, the user will be able to disable the web authorization link with browser authorization. By default, automatic authorization of Chrome Sync will be activated, but if desired, the user can disable it and be sure that the browser does not synchronize local data with the cloud service in the background. Letters read all On the eve of the Wall Street Journal reported that Google allows developers of third-party applications to analyze the letters of Gmail users and share the data with other companies.

"Developers of [third-party applications] can share [user] data with other developers if they openly tell users how they use their data," said Google vice president for public policy Susan Molinari in a letter addressed to US senators. Lawmakers asked about the likelihood of leakage of personal data of users and found that third parties still have the right to scan letters, although she herself refused to do so in the summer of last year. News from Telegram. Subscribe to our channel https: // t. me / korrespondentnet.