Simon Willison (@simon@simonwillison.net)
fedi.simonwillison.net
It turns out Google Chrome ships a default, hidden extension that allows code on `*.google.com` access to private APIs, including your current CPU usage You can test it out by pasting the following into your Chrome DevTools console on any Google page: chrome.runtime.sendMessage( "nkeimhogjdpnpccoofpliimaahmaaome", { method: "cpu.getInfo" }, (response) => { console.log(JSON.stringify(response, null, 2)); }, ); More notes here: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Jul/9/hangout_servicesthunkjs/
    • BlueÆther
      14•10 months ago

      yeah:

      {
  "value": {
    "archName": "arm64",
    "features": [],
    "modelName": "Apple M2",
    "numOfProcessors": 8,
    "processors": [
      {
        "usage": {
          "idle": 10841460,
          "kernel": 611796,
          "total": 13342920,
          "user": 1889664
        }
      },...
      • @Hirom@beehaw.org
        4•10 months ago

        Neither. I use a chromium package from my linux distribution.

        It has many patches on top of the upstream chromium. That probably explain why that unwanted feature isn’t there.

        This issue appear on Google Chrome for Windows on my other machine. Just uninstalled it, never used it anyway.