The Google Chrome browser for Android phones has received an emergency update.
Google announced a last minute update for the browser version Chrome 103 for Android phones and tablets where they managed to fix critical bugs and includes improvements to safety, stability and performance. Patch 103.0.5060.71 features fix three vulnerabilities of which they did not want to reveal details in an official statement.
The company has recognized this for the time being will restrict access to bug details and linksand invites all its users to download and install the latest version of their browser.
Just a couple of months ago, another bug in Google Chrome put more in jeopardy 3 million users.
Google has indicated that it is aware of the existence of an exploit for the violation named CVE-2022-2294, which is due to a “WebRTC Heap Buffer Overflow”. Chrome version 103 (103.0.5060.71) for Android, which correct these errors and implements “internal audit fixes, fuzzing, and other initiatives.”
The tech giant appreciated the “fixes” provided by external researchersalthough for the moment it has not determined an economic amount for reward the experts who warned of these errors. However, in their statement they only indicated that there will be TBD compensation (“to be announced”).
Google Chrome update 103.0.5060.71 is now available on Android phones.
The gap CVE-2022-2295, led to “type confusion in V8”, was reported by users named avaue and Buff3tts over SSL on June 16. The compensatory amount in this case will be $ 7,500.
They also thanked all the security researchers for their work during the update development cycle to prevent security bugs from reaching the stable channel.
Likewise, Google pointed out that many of its security errors are detected by open source programming tools and error detectors such as AddressSanitizer, MemorySanitizer, UndefinedBehaviourSanitizer, Control Flow Integrity, libFuzzer, or AFL.
Consumer associations denounce Google in Europe
Google Photos: AP.
On the other hand, the Mountain View (California) tech giant isn’t having fun in Europe. Consumer protection associations from France, Greece, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Norway presented a complaint to the respective data protection authorities denouncing Google’s user privacy practices.
This is an action coordinated by the European Consumers’ Association (BEUC), which believes that Google is not complying with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Specifically, they complain that during the process of opening a Google account, the company does not give users an option that guarantees “by default” the privacy or the treatment of personal data in a “fair, legal and transparent” way.
Instead, it offers an “express” option where, in a single step, the company obtains permission to “control and exploit” consumer activity on the tech giant’s various websites and applications – such as Google Chrome, Gmail, Google Maps or YouTube– or from any company on the Internet that uses Google’s services.
One of these permissions is to be able to show users personalized adswhich is the main business of the company.
Instead, ask Google to do this ensure privacy of data processing requires five steps “with unclear, misleading and incomplete information”, regarding the processing that will make of personal data.
Therefore, “the consent given is invalid e Google has no legal basis valid for the processing of personal data “, as established by the RGPD.
France, Greece, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Norway have sued Google. Photo: REUTERS / Francois Lenoir.
The BEUC also ensures that “consumer data they are not collected for specific, explicit and legitimate purposes“and that the collection and storage of information is not limited to the” minimum necessary “, as required by Community legislation.
The report reminds that to have a Gmail email or to use the Play Store, the mobile application store for Android devices, it is essential to open a Google account.
Consumer protection associations in the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden did not join the lawsuit, but sent a letter to the national authorities of their countries informing them of Google’s practices, while that of Germany sent a letter to the company warning of a “possible civil lawsuit”.
The BEUC has already coordinated another lawsuit against Google in 2018 for its tracking practices through the geolocation of mobile devices, which the Irish data protection authority – where the tech giant in Europe is based – has not yet resolved. .
With information from La Vanguardia and EFE.
Source: Clarin
