The app automatically installs Bing Visual Search and includes code to decrypt cookies saved in other browsers, Rivera said, and it also brings a “free” geolocation web API to the system.

The developer discovered “many” nasty tricks Microsoft integrated in Bing Wallpapers, which include trying to change the browser’s settings and set Edge as the default system browser. If the default browser isn’t Edge, the app will open the default browser after some time asking to enable the previously installed Microsoft Bing Search for Chrome extension.

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    21 month ago

    Glad you see it as well. It’s so fundamental to how they engage online, the hypocrisy becomes them.

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      151 month ago

      Bold coming from someone who recently took a strong stance on support of sexual assault against women.

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        21 month ago

        Lol what? No don’t bother, something is wrong here, and I’m not engaging with you ever again.