Dear all, a poster on the debian mailing list for chromium has pointed out relatively recently that chromium 43+ seems to download a binary blob from the google web store which enables voice commands and listens for the "OK Google" command. You can find the relevant thread here: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=786909 Typing "chrome://voicesearch/" in chromium 45 on Tumbleweed yields the following results, suggesting that the same blob exists here, too: About Voice Search Chromium 45.0.2421.0 () OS Linux NaCl Enabled No Microphone Yes Audio Capture Allowed Yes Current Language en-GB Hotword Previous Language en-GB Hotword Search Enabled No Always-on Hotword Search Enabled No Hotword Audio Logging Enabled No Start Page State No Start Page Service Extension Id nbpagnldghgfoolbancepceaanlmhfmd Extension Version 0.0.1.4 Extension Path /usr/lib64/chromium/resources/hotword Extension State ENABLED Shared Module Id lccekmodgklaepjeofjdjpbminllajkg Shared Module Version 0.3.0.5 Shared Module Path /home/ryko/.config/chromium/Default/Extensions/lccekmodgklaepjeofjdjpbminllajkg/0.3.0.5_0 Shared Module State ENABLED Shared Module Platforms x86-64_en-gb According to the debian thread, a solution exists since upstream added an _opt out_ build option to disable this plugin (which is not listed on chromium's own "chrome://plugins/" page) when chromium is initially built. This is the relevant chromium issue: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=491435 Could we make use of this build option for the chromium packages here in openSUSE and thus disable blob downloading by default? All the best, Peter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org