https://socialmediaseo.net/2014/01/28/pop-up-behind-chrome-listens-to-users-offline-conversations/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pop-up-behind-chrome-listens-to-users-offline-conversations Social Media & Tech News and Tips Mon, 18 Feb 2019 17:19:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://socialmediaseo.net/2014/01/28/pop-up-behind-chrome-listens-to-users-offline-conversations/#comment-57908 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 17:08:00 +0000 http://preview.socialmediaseo.net/?p=31431#comment-57908 This is not a bug… As stated in the article, you have to specifically give a certain web site permission to use your microphone. The only reason one would do this is if it has a legitimate reason to use the microphone. Presumably, most users will not give a potentially malicious web site permission to use their microphone. Also, Chrome by default has pop-up blocking enabled. Malicious web sites can’t spawn pop-ups unless you specifically turn that protection off. And lastly, a “secret, malicious, hidden” pop-up window is still a Chrome window. At least on Microsoft Windows, window management in the operating system makes it very obvious what windows are open, and when an application is still running with other windows. There is no way to “hide” a Chrome window.

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