Bug#634101: chromium: Ads on the "new tab" page (non-blockable by adblock)

[Jonathan Nieder]

severity 634101 important
tags 634101 + upstream patch
forwarded 634101 http://crbug.com/89499
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Hi Urs,

Urs Ganse wrote:

> Chromium includes a "feature" with which google can display ads on the
> "new tab" page, and possibly others.
[...]
> Within the browser, a sophisticated background downloading system for
> ads, based on the web tipps system has been implemented. It periodically
> checks for content at the hardcoded address
> "https://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/topic/1142433/inproduct?hl=",
> and then includes this content in places it deems appropriate.

I agree; although this seems fine as an optional feature, I don't
think the package should be configured to "phone home" in that way by
default.  Thanks for the report and patch!

Regards,
Jonathan