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
@cypnk
I wonder I they do it on android?
@Faveing It may use too many resources for Android right now, but that hardware gap is dropping for new phones every year
But they may incorporate something into Android base and not the browser
@cypnk
True but they could sneak it into Google play services and only have it run when your not using the phone like 3am
@Faveing Oh definitely. And make it so that Play is unusable if the update isn’t applied. That will force vendors to make changes quickly even if they’re slow to release updates to Android itself
@cypnk
Yep they would do that but they can't if you never installed gapps lol