{"id":5111,"date":"2019-12-18T12:27:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T10:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dazzlepop.net\/site\/?p=5111"},"modified":"2019-12-18T12:27:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T10:27:57","slug":"warning-issued-for-millions-of-google-chrome-users-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dazzlepop.net\/site\/warning-issued-for-millions-of-google-chrome-users-updated\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning Issued For Millions Of Google Chrome Users [Updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Google<\/a>\u2019s seamless Chrome updates<\/a> are one of its most appealing features thanks (unlike Windows 10<\/a>) to their reliability. Until now. The latest version of Chrome has already automatically rolled out to hundreds of millions of users around the world is causing some serious problems for Android users<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Google has warned Chrome 79 has a serious problem which can lose user data
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Picked up by 9to5Google<\/a> and expanded upon by Android Police<\/a>, Chrome 79 has been found to delete data from Android apps which access Chrome via Android\u2019s built-in WebView. As 9to5Google notes, users and developers are furious and Chromium\u2019s bug tracker<\/a> lists comments describing it as a \u201ccatastrophe\u201d and \u201cmajor issue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Update 12\/17: Things are not looking good. Google’s Chrome Tech Lead Manager Changwan Ryu updated users <\/em>warning<\/em><\/a> that any potential fix would be “a very destructive change” taking “at the minimum… 5-7 days.” As <\/em>Ars Technica<\/em><\/a> points out, Google has two options: 1. Roll back to Chrome 78 behavior and delete over a week of user data, or 2. Keep Chrome 79 behavior and delete potentially years of data. The first option would seem logical but the longer Google takes to find a fix, the worse it gets.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem stems from Chrome 79 switching the location it stores web data and a failed migration process has caused this data to be lost. Google has confirmed the issue and paused the rollout, but acknowledges Chrome 79 has already reached approximately 50% of devices (there are 2.5 billion Android users worldwide<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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