'Google has been recording our voices without our consent,' say Chromium users

Charlee Gothard
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Company admits it has been capturing audio - but only if a particular box has been ticked...

Users of Google's Chromium open-source browser project Chromium have complained that the search giant has placed code inside the project that listens covertly to conversations, records them, and se...

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