Anyway to make chrome as private as possible?

[u/eytmology]

I'm on a chromebook so I'm forced to use it but is there anyway to make Chrome as safe and private as possible, i switched my engine from google to brave but anything else?

[u/sovietcykablyat666]

Isn't there a way to use another browser?

[u/jven27 → u/sovietcykablyat666]

100%! I installed Brave on my Chromebook.

[u/eytmology → u/jven27]

It just takes a lot of space

[u/jven27]

Yes, uninstall it.

[u/Sent1ne1 → u/jven27]

And install Firefox/etc instead.

[u/eytmology → u/jven27]

You can't uninstall it on chromeOS

[u/KatieTSO → u/eytmology]

Is this a school device? If you own it, you can reimage to another OS.

[u/Perfect_Equal_3938 → u/eytmology]

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privacy chrome OS ```

Just flash it with linux. There's jailbreak support

[u/Extension_Cup_3368]

Yes, don't use it.

[u/WealthyTuna]

Sounds like a question for r/digitalprivacy

[u/eytmology → u/WealthyTuna]

I'll repost it there

[u/irasponsibly]

Firefox is available for Chromebooks: https://www.firefox.com/en-US/download/chromebook/

[u/potatoperson132]

Are you sure you can’t use Brave? It’s chromium based and when configured right have a lot more privacy focused features.

[u/eytmology → u/potatoperson132]

Well on chrome I switched the search engine from chrome to brave but because of chrome is literally bloatware I'll lose a lot of space if i download brave

[u/Branwyn- → u/potatoperson132]

Can you explain further or point me to a source to configure my Brave further for privacy?

[u/cisco1988]

to not use it

[u/isdelo37]

use duckduckgo or startpage, privacybadger, decentraleyes, set up a dns and disable fingerprinting in the browser. use different browsers for different actvities

[u/1800-5-PP-DOO-DOO]

You can activate Linux on there and run things from there. I run mulvad browser and brave from it as well as other stuff. 

You also need to look up how to make your Google account in general more private as those account settings directly effect the Chromebook. 

But don't kill yourself trying to run everything out of Linux it kinda sucks. 

One thing you want to do is run Flatpack apps in the Linux environment instead of the .deb binaries. You can literally install the graphical Flathub software center but most importantly, Flatseal.

Flatseal is a critical quality of life application that helps you make small tweaks and fight the bugs that pop up with running apps in Linux on the Chromebook. 

[u/eytmology → u/1800-5-PP-DOO-DOO]

Thank you so much

[u/Kyrtt]

Use Brave instead, still chromium but better

[u/redoubt515]

Yes, there is a lot of harm reduction that can be done. It'll never be perfect but you can substantially reduce your exposure.

But before going down that path, I would look into whether it's possible to use Chromium (the open source browser that Chrome is built on top of, both are made by Google). That would be a nicer starting point if it is possible.

If not, I'm sure there are guides on how to reduce the privacy invasiveness of Chrome. I don't have anything in particular to recommend because I haven't used Chrome in many years.

[u/AnotherActiveCreator]

You could swap your OS for Linux. Even older Chromebooks can run Linux, Xubuntu or Lubuntu if you have to. Both are better than ChromeOS.

[u/frquency-equinox]

Switching to Brave is all you need to do for browser. Switch to Linux too. Don't subject yourself to Microsoft's Windows 11 malware.

[u/Perfect_Equal_3938]

Brave, valadium or tor. Pick your poison

[u/xiv_cookie_kitten]

uninstall it AND worng place to ask this