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~~== Google Chromebook Bricked after Force-installing a Hidden Extension ==~~

A certain hidden extension that was forcibly installed onto a Chromebook by Google essentially '''bricked that Chromebook.<ref name="CBrick">[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43514087 ChromeBook Bricked by Hidden Extension]</ref>'''

~~The user's complaint is that the machine has become hot and that the extra load has essentially made it unusable. <!--For an accurate account I refer you to the source material:~~

~~https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43514087-->~~

==Consumer impact summary==

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==Incidents==

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===Google Chromebook Bricked after Google force-installed ScreenAI into the Google Chrome browser (2025)===

===~~Example incident one (''~~date~~'')~~===

There have been reports of Google's ScreenAI being enabled on Chromebooks via the Google Chrome webbrowser by default.'''<ref name="CBrick">{{Cite web |last=Isaac |first=Rob |date=24 Mar 2025 |title=Today Google bricked my Chromebook by force-installing a hidden extension |url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43514087 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250331115019/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43514087 |archive-date=31 Mar 2025 |via=Hacker News, originally posted on Mastodon}}</ref>'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Gerard |first=David |date=29 Mar 2025 |title=Google ScreenAI: make your Chromebook melt down |url=https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/29/google-screenai-make-your-chromebook-melt-down/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329233052/https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/29/google-screenai-make-your-chromebook-melt-down/ |archive-date=29 Mar 2025 |access-date=21 Jun 2025 |website=Pivot to AI}}</ref> The accessibility tool was put into the [[wikipedia:Chromium_(web_browser)|Chromium]] project, which provides the foundation for the Google Chrome webbrowsers and other webbrowsers; potentially affecting the majority of webbrowsers that are used.<ref name=":0" />

~~{{Main~~|~~link~~ to ~~the main article~~}}

~~Short summary of~~ the ~~incident~~ (~~could be~~ the ~~same as~~ the ~~summary preceding~~ the ~~article)~~.

Rob Isaac's complaint is that the machine has become hot and that the extra load has essentially made it unusable, while also reducing the battery life severely.<ref name="CBrick" /> Chromebook users confirm these complaints on their own machines, and have posted their complaints on the Chromebook help forums.<ref name=":0" /> Other concerns are that the software is invasive, similar to [[Microsoft#Recall|Microsoft's Recall]] feature, and that the software itself is not transparent; the source code for ScreenAI is developed within Google's internal source code repository google3.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 May 2024 |title=Development and Deployment of ScreenAI |url=https://github.com/chromium/chromium/blob/main/services/screen_ai/README.md#development-and-deployment |access-date=21 Jun 2025 |website=GitHub}}</ref>

==~~=Example incident two (~~''date~~'')~~===

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~~Incidents affecting all of the company's products can be found in the company article: [[Company article]]~~

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-== Google Chromebook Bricked after Force-installing a Hidden Extension ==
-A certain hidden extension that was forcibly installed onto a Chromebook by Google essentially '''bricked that Chromebook.<ref name="CBrick">[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43514087 ChromeBook Bricked by Hidden Extension]</ref>'''
-The user's complaint is that the machine has become hot and that the extra load has essentially made it unusable. <!--For an accurate account I refer you to the source material:
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43514087-->
 ==Consumer impact summary==
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 ==Incidents==
 This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product line. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
-{{Placeholder box|Replace the placeholder text in the sections below with the incidents that affect this product line and a short summary. Also replace the link so it point to the right company article.}}
+===Google Chromebook Bricked after Google force-installed ScreenAI into the Google Chrome browser (2025)===
-===Example incident one (''date'')===
+There have been reports of Google's ScreenAI being enabled on Chromebooks via the Google Chrome webbrowser by default.'''<ref name="CBrick">{{Cite web |last=Isaac |first=Rob |date=24 Mar 2025 |title=Today Google bricked my Chromebook by force-installing a hidden extension |url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43514087 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250331115019/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43514087 |archive-date=31 Mar 2025 |via=Hacker News, originally posted on Mastodon}}</ref>'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Gerard |first=David |date=29 Mar 2025 |title=Google ScreenAI: make your Chromebook melt down |url=https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/29/google-screenai-make-your-chromebook-melt-down/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329233052/https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/29/google-screenai-make-your-chromebook-melt-down/ |archive-date=29 Mar 2025 |access-date=21 Jun 2025 |website=Pivot to AI}}</ref> The accessibility tool was put into the [[wikipedia:Chromium_(web_browser)|Chromium]] project, which provides the foundation for the Google Chrome webbrowsers and other webbrowsers; potentially affecting the majority of webbrowsers that are used.<ref name=":0" />
-{{Main|link to the main article}}
-Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).
+Rob Isaac's complaint is that the machine has become hot and that the extra load has essentially made it unusable, while also reducing the battery life severely.<ref name="CBrick" /> Chromebook users confirm these complaints on their own machines, and have posted their complaints on the Chromebook help forums.<ref name=":0" /> Other concerns are that the software is invasive, similar to [[Microsoft#Recall|Microsoft's Recall]] feature, and that the software itself is not transparent; the source code for ScreenAI is developed within Google's internal source code repository google3.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 May 2024 |title=Development and Deployment of ScreenAI |url=https://github.com/chromium/chromium/blob/main/services/screen_ai/README.md#development-and-deployment |access-date=21 Jun 2025 |website=GitHub}}</ref>
-===Example incident two (''date'')===
-...
-Incidents affecting all of the company's products can be found in the company article: [[Company article]]
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