Enhancing Media Privacy in Chromium's Incognito Mode
- Mentors
- Stephen, Filipa Senra, Zaina
- Organization
- Chromium
- Technologies
- c++
- Topics
- security, privacy, web, browser
Google Chromium's Incognito Mode currently has a privacy issue where the media metadata of the browser can be displayed in operating systems' media centers, which undermines the purpose of this privacy-focused feature. This poses a significant concern for users and can erode their trust in Chromium's privacy promises. This project aims to enhance media privacy in Incognito Mode by intercepting and modifying media metadata with placeholder data before sending it to the OS (SystemMediaControls API), preventing operating systems' media centers from showing any metadata of media being played in Incognito sessions.