# We Helped Patch a Chromium Bug That Could Leak Your IP **URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/we-helped-patch-a-chromium-bug-that-could-leak-your-ip/29922 **Category:** General **Tags:** software, article **Created:** 2025-08-10T10:25:44Z **Posts:** 2 ## Post 1 by @jerm — 2025-08-10T10:25:44Z > **[We Helped Patch a Chromium Bug That Could Leak Your IP](https://windscribe.com/blog/chromium-bug-fix-2025/)** > > A Windscribe user reported a strange privacy issue on macOS. We dug in and discovered a Chromium bug that leaked real IPs via navigator.share(). Turns out the OS was making hidden metadata requests outside proxy settings. Chromium will now block... --- ## Post 2 by @anonfox — 2025-08-10T10:50:53Z Afaik this is not a macOS Chromium issue. Onion browser (on iOS) also had the same issue, but they fixed it. > Developer documentation: [https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uiactivityitemsource/activityviewcontrollerlinkmetadata(\_:)](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uiactivityitemsource/activityviewcontrollerlinkmetadata(%5C_:))