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Remove "Multi-Screen Window Placement" feature (until we can address privacy harms) #29276

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pes10k opened this issue Mar 23, 2023 · 0 comments
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Remove "Multi-Screen Window Placement" feature (until we can address privacy harms) #29276

pes10k opened this issue Mar 23, 2023 · 0 comments
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Chromium/Followup Followup work logged during Chromium rebase feature/shields/fingerprint The fingerprinting (aka: "device recognition") protection provided in Shields OS/Android Fixes related to Android browser functionality OS/Desktop priority/P3 The next thing for us to work on. It'll ride the trains. privacy/tracking Preventing sites from tracking users across the web privacy

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pes10k commented Mar 23, 2023

Chrome is shipping support for the Multi-Screen Window Placement spec. This spec has some open serious privacy issues, including fingerprinting surface before and after granting the relevant permission.

We should disable this feature until we can address the privacy harms
@pes10k pes10k added privacy privacy/tracking Preventing sites from tracking users across the web feature/shields/fingerprint The fingerprinting (aka: "device recognition") protection provided in Shields OS/Android Fixes related to Android browser functionality OS/Desktop labels Mar 23, 2023
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@ShivanKaul ShivanKaul added the priority/P3 The next thing for us to work on. It'll ride the trains. label Apr 25, 2023
@emerick emerick added the Chromium/Followup Followup work logged during Chromium rebase label Mar 24, 2024
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