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This is not a typical extension and it cannot be removed. It doesn't even show up in the list of installed extensions.
Maybe recompiling? But I suspect that Chrome as it is, is closed source?
https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium
https://ungoogled-software.github.io/ungoogled-chromium-binaries/
Seems like a great option. Can anyone more familiar with the code confirm this removes the aforementioned CPU-fingerprinting plugin?
It does. You can even try it out yourself. Install Ungoogled Chromium, go to google.com and paste the following code in the Developer console (which you can bring up by pressing F12 and clicking on 'Console' at the top of the DevTools interface):
If it returns nothing or an error, you're good. If it returns something like this:
it means that the hidden extension is present, and *.google.com sites have special access in your browser.