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TIL Chrome is scanning your files, including private folders, in the background as an anti-malware measure

twitter.com/swagitda_/status/9

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

mastodon.social/media/06tQAyjU

r҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖 @cypnk

@angristan Windows only so far. I believe Chromium is also unaffected since it has different priorities and it’s open source. If you run Chromium, you should be fine