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<Disregard I was in error> Google Chrome Users...your going to love this!

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hi folks...google chrome users have just got to read this one...chrome version 66 just released and it includes Microsoft Windows Defender extension built in to run constant scans for malicious websites along with the already built in malicious website scanner that google supplies if i just read this article correctly...glad im using chromium, not chrome...i know that, yes, it can probably be turned off but the end of the article has this statement... "It also includes a link to Microsoft privacy statement because it goes without saying that an extension of such nature has to monitor people’s browsing activities"...DAMIEN

https://fossbytes.com/windows-defender- ... on-chrome/
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It's an extension DAMIEN, so equivalent to a Firefox Add-on. Users would have to choose to install it. I can't see anything in that article that suggests it will be preinstalled. No other extension is preinstalled in Chrome. I'm sure Chromium users could install it should they wish too.
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There is no such thing in my Chrome as "Microsoft Windows Defender extension". And in your, DAMIEN1307?
Hint: you can only install it from Microsoft or Chrome Web store.
Next time will better to read the articles untill full understanding what was written.
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thank-you smurpos for the clarification...as i was reading it, it gave me the impression that google was including the extension with the new version 66...im really hoping and really hope that this would never be the case...lol...could you imagine having 2 hoover vacuums sucking and slurping info simultaneously?...a marriage truly made in hell...lol...and big easy so sorry...my mistake this very early in the morning...no need to be harsh...lol...DAMIEN
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Here is El Reg's take on Chrome 66 - I'm sure if there was anything vaguely controversial they would be all over it...

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/18/chrome_66/
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Concerning people's browsing activities. Our ISPs knows it much more better than Microsoft, Google and Facebook together. If somebody want to found you then he come to ISP first.
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To make things funny (Microsoft+Chrome) let me show one video
During the presentation, 'How to migrate applications, data, and workloads to Microsoft Azure,' the presenter (Microsoft's employee) had to shift from Microsoft Edge to Google Chrome to get the work done. Because Edge hangs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4rL_Lnt6kA
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Thanks for that link Bigeasy, made my day!
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