Google Chrome users are being tracked. Last year’s decision to resurrect tracking cookies triggered a privacy storm, as did alleged data collection from private browsing sessions. But Google’s planned new upgrade should fix this once and for all. Don’t get too excited, though. There’s a nasty new tracking surprise that has just gone live.

Online advertisers now allowed to track user data across all internet-enabled devices, including gaming consoles and smart TVs.

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Chrome is fairly secure — its boss Parisa Tabriz is a security engineer after all — but its privacy scorecard is less healthy. Now there’s light at the end of the tunnel. A single click to kill tracking.

Google is currently testing a new security feature in Chrome Canary for Android that can scan APK downloads for potential malware, as reported by MSPowerUser. This comes after recent updates to the Play Store that reduced warnings for downloading APK files.