Hardening Chrome based browsers

Go to chrome://flags

Then,

Disable - The Following Flags
==========================
#enable-offline-auto-reload
#disable-webrtc-hw-decoding
#disable-webrtc-hw-encoding
#enable-webrtc-hw-vp8-encoding
#clear-old-browsing-data
#enable-usermedia-screen-capturing
#disable-hyperlink-auditing
#contextual-search-ml-tap-suppression
#contextual-search-ranker-query
#enable-password-generation
#enable-manual-password-generation
#wallet-service-use-sandbox
#enable-chrome-home-survey
#vr-browsing-native-android-ui
#enable-gamepad-extensions
#webxr
#webxr-gamepad-support
#webxr-orientation-sensor-device
#webxr-hit-test
#vr-icon-in-daydream-home
#safe-search-url-reporting
#keep-prefetched-content-suggestions
#content-suggestions-debug-log
#enable-breaking-news-push
#interested-feed-content-suggestions
#enable-ntp-article-suggestions-expandable-header
#enable-ntp-remote-suggestions
#enable-ntp-suggestions-notifications
#PasswordExport
#PasswordImport
#password-search
#enable-nostate-prefetch
#enable-new-preconnect
#enable-async-dns
#enable-mark-https-as set to: Enable (mark as actively dangerous) this option will be removed
#BundledConnectionHelp
enable-omnibox-voice-search-always-visible
#enable-viz-test-draw-quad
#enable-framebusting-needs-sameorigin-or-usergesture

Enable - The Following Flags
==========================
#num-raster-threads (4)
#enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only
#enable-tcp-fast-open
#enable-scroll-anchoring
#enable-new-photo-picker (enabled)
#enable-fast-unload
#enable-history-entry-requires-user-gesture
#smooth-scrolling
#enable-quic (see explanation)
#enable-android-spellchecker
#enable-chrome-modern-design
#enable-modal-permission-dialog-view
#reduced-referrer-granularity
#enable-site-per-process
#offline-bookmarks
#enable-brotli
#force-show-update-menu-badge
#tls13-variant set to: Enabled (Draft23)
#disable-audio-support-for-desktop-share
#enable-content-suggestions-new-favicon-server
#important-site-in-cbd
#enable-font-cache-scaling
#new-audio-rendering-mixing-strategy
#expensive-background-timer-throttling
#modal-permission-prompts
#lsd-permission-prompt
#language-settings
#enable-custom-context-menu
#enable-custom-feedback-ui
#omnibox-display-title-for-current-url
#autoplay-policy set to: Document user activation required
#enable-async-image-decoding
#dont-prefetch-libaries
#sound-content-setting
#enable-parallel-downloading
#enable-overflow-icons-for-media-controls
#enable-downloads-location-change
#enable-block-tab-unders
#stop-in-background
#clipboard-content-settings
#enable-modern-media-controls
#unified-consent


By Chef Koch
Taken from @EnergizedProtection ⚡️
#hardening #chrome #browser

Google bricks some Homes and Home Minis with firmware update and often there's no reset possible

https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/10/22/google-home-brick-ota-software-update/

Even though you probably don't notice that any of your Google Home devices are constantly receiving firmware updates, they get new software all the time. Most likely, you'll only realize it when something goes really wrong, which is exactly what more and more people are reporting on Google's help forum and Reddit. They say their Google Homes and Google Home Minis have been bricked following an OTA, and they receive little to no help from Google when they're outside of warranty.

The issue has been around for a while already, but reports are starting to pile in Google's support forums. People say that they've found their Homes with all four LEDs turned on and unresponsive. Simply unplugging and replugging their speakers could resolve the problem for some while others managed to go through a factory reset to make their Homes work again, but even more people say that no matter what they do, their devices remain bricked.

A Google community specialist joined the discussion and wrote that "the team is working on this issue and checking the root cause since not all Google Home devices are affected." The statement was issued on September 28, but since then, there hasn't been any further information.

Parallelly, discussions on Reddit revolve around the same issues. Redditors complain that Google won't replace their bricked devices when they're outside of warranty, even if it seems pretty certain it was the company's update that ended the speakers. Hopefully, Google will be able to resolve the issue, even if it can't fix it via software and has to replace hardware outside of warranty.

#google #nest #deletegoogle #rejectnest #test_your_software #holy_integration_tests #dont_forget_unit_tests_either #evil #why

The public don’t trust computer algorithms to make decisions about them, survey finds

The majority of people do not trust computers to make decisions about any aspect of their lives, according to a new survey.

Over half (53%) of UK adults have no faith in any organisation to use algorithms when making judgements about them, in issues ranging from education to welfare decisions, according to the poll for BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.

The survey was conducted in the wake of the UK exams crisis where an algorithm used to assign grades was scrapped in favour of teachers’ predictions.

Just 7% of respondents trusted algorithms to be used by the education sector - joint lowest with social services and the armed forces. Confidence in the use of algorithms in education also differed dramatically between the age groups - amongst 18-24-year-olds, 16% trusted their use, while it was only 5% of over 55-year-olds.

Trust in social media companies’ algorithms to serve content and direct user experience was similar at 8%. Automated decision making had the highest trust when it came to the NHS (17%), followed by financial services (16%) and intelligence agencies (12%), reflecting areas like medical diagnosis, credit scoring and national security.

Police and ‘Big Tech’ companies (like Apple and Google) were level with 11% of respondents having faith in how algorithms are used to make decisions about them personally.

Older people are less trusting about the general use of algorithms in public life, with 63% of over-55s saying they felt negative about this, compared with 42% of 18-24-year-olds. Attitudes to computerized decisions in the NHS, private health care and local councils differ very strongly by age. 30% of 18-24-year-olds said they trusted the use of algorithms in these sectors, while for those over 55, it was 14%.

Over 2,000 people responded to the survey conducted for BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT by YouGov; all were shown a description of algorithms before answering any questions.

Dr Bill Mitchell, Director of Policy at BCS said: “People don’t trust algorithms to do the right thing by them – but there is little understanding of how deeply they are embedded in our everyday life.

“People get that Netflix and the like use algorithms to offer up film choices, but they might not realise that more and more algorithms decide whether we’ll be offered a job interview, or by our employers to decide whether we’re working hard enough, or even whether we might be a suspicious person needing to be monitored by security services.

👀 👉🏼 https://www.bcs.org/more/about-us/press-office/press-releases/the-public-don-t-trust-computer-algorithms-to-make-decisions-about-them-survey-finds/

#people #dont #trust #computer #algorithm #survey
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