They also sent this statement about that change: In response, they shared a link to data about an API permission change in 2019 that allowed users to disable and block motion sensor usage by websites. We reached out to Google with questions about the motion sensor concerns and the “delete Google Chrome” messages.
Other users also chimed in to say it appeared to not be the critical issue it was made out to be, while others thanked Mysk for the information. And a web page can only access sensors as long as a user is actively browsing the page, not in the background.īut the researchers note that on a malicious website, the information could fuel various types of attacks, like using ambient light data to make inferences about a user’s browsing, or using motion sensor data as a sort of keylogger to deduce things like PIN numbers. That unapproved access to motion, orientation, proximity, or light sensor data alone probably wouldn’t compromise a user’s identity or device. In the tweet, Mysk linked to a 2018 story from that described the potentially dangerous nature of the entire issue: If a website tries to read the motion sensors, you get this alert: /1xweWO751V
IOS doesn't let browsers access the motion sensors without a permission.
Mysk also noted that iPhone devices don’t allow web browsers to use motion sensors without specified permission, which is asked in a prompt: However, Mysk previously published a story about motion sensor concerns for iOS, Apple’s mobile operating system. No such toggle setting appeared to exist in Google Chrome on Apple’s iPhone devices. You can learn more about this here: #CyberSecurity #Privacy /riWNQUfxKBĪccording to a researcher’s Twitter thread that was linked by Fast Company, the motion sensors on smartphones can be used by apps or websites to “gather information about your emotional state, heart rate, sleeping habits, and more.” iOS Concerns In a video that was posted with the tweet, Mysk showed how to disable and block websites from accessing the motion sensors on Android phones:Ĭhrome shares your motion sensor with all the websites you visit by default.
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