The search engine giant Google owned a web browser under the name #Google Chrome. Recently there has been a report that the Chrome is silently spying on the user's conversation through an extension.
The extension that was reported was #Chrome Hotword which is available in the open source version of Chrome browsers. '#Ok Google' is a functionality useful that allows users to search for things via their voice.
This functionality is said to spying on the users conversations silently and Google is said to be silently installed black box code into the open source Chromium browser, meaning it contains pre-compiled code that users cannot see.
Google argued that Chrome is not open source and if any open source distributors such as Debian have any issue with it, they should disable the module themselves. Debian has fixed this issue by disabling the extension in their distribution of Chromium.
Google doesn't deny installing the black box code into Chromium browser and the company doesn't consider itself responsible for other browsers that include the code.
Google was forced to make changes in the Chromium 45 by disabling the chrome #Hotword extension making it easier for third party distributors to disable hotwording.
P.S : The post is to create awareness and not to create any negative impact.
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