If you wish to transfer your user data browsing history, bookmarks, extensions, etc from the chromium-browser version to the new Chromium Snap, this can be easily done:. bit Domain Tor Onion v3 Vanity Address security. Plainsight Enciphering Demo iPhone System Clock Ubuntu Phone Review.

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Up-to-date Chromium Browser on Ubuntu The Problem In Ubuntu, the chromium-browser package is in the Canonical Universe repository, which means that it is community-maintained rather than officially supported by Canonical.

The Solution Canonical are working on entirely deprecating the Deb package and moving to using Snaps as the only official method for running always-updated Chromium.

If you wish to transfer your user data browsing history, bookmarks, extensions, etc from the chromium-browser version to the new Chromium Snap, this can be easily done: Moving your Chromium user profile may cause your cookies to be lost, meaning you'll be logged out of any saved sessions.

Make sure you have your password manager and 2FA codes available to log back in to any sites needed. Ensure that both browsers are fully closed. Chrome Releases. Chrome for Android Update Wednesday, February 14, Krishna Govind Google Chrome. Labels: Chrome for Android , Early Stable Updates.

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Labels: Desktop Update , Early Stable Updates. Chrome Beta for Desktop Update Wednesday, February 14, The Beta channel has been updated to Labels: Beta updates , Desktop Update. Chrome Beta for Android Update Wednesday, February 14, Labels: Beta updates , Chrome for Android.

Chrome for Android Update Tuesday, February 13, Android releases contain the same security fixes as their corresponding Desktop Windows: Labels: Chrome for Android , Stable updates. Labels . Admin Console 43 Android WebView 19 Beta 20 Beta updates chrome 9 Chrome Dev for Android 88 Chrome for Android Chrome for iOS Chrome for Meetings 5 Chrome OS Chrome OS Flex 11 Chrome OS Management 12 Chromecast Update 6 ChromeOS ChromeOS Flex Desktop Update dev update Dev updates Early Stable Updates 31 Extended Stable updates 89 Flash Player update 5 Hangouts Meet hardware 5 LTS 60 stable 8 Stable updates Give us feedback in our Product Forums.

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net This Website Web Server Log File Anonymizer Content Security Policy Tester CI Pipeline Job Automatic Software Package Integrity Verifier Domain Name Expiry Monitor Link Whitelist Chrome Extension. Up-to-date Chromium Browser on Ubuntu The Problem In Ubuntu, the chromium-browser package is in the Canonical Universe repository, which means that it is community-maintained rather than officially supported by Canonical.

The Solution Canonical are working on entirely deprecating the Deb package and moving to using Snaps as the only official method for running always-updated Chromium. If you wish to transfer your user data browsing history, bookmarks, extensions, etc from the chromium-browser version to the new Chromium Snap, this can be easily done: Moving your Chromium user profile may cause your cookies to be lost, meaning you'll be logged out of any saved sessions.

zip md5: fa29f07baa6fadca6a9a0bc exe The Portable version uses the free and open-source chrlauncher to install, update and launch Chromium. The Package version uses the free and open-source Chocolatey to install, update and launch Chromium.

macOS For automated updates, choose one of the Chromium updaters Installer Download the DMG file Close Chromium browser if opened Execute this DMG file Drag its icon on Applications folder You may then "Eject" and throw away this disk image To remove it definitively: drag the app from the Applications folder to the Trash.

Archive Download the ZIP archive file Close Chromium browser if opened Unzip this ZIP file Double click on the unzipped folder to open it Drag its icon on Applications folder To remove it definitively: drag the app from the Applications folder to the Trash Chromium for older macOS versions For older macOS Chromium for bit macOS Reference: Google Chrome xz Use updaters-on-mac List of changes Previous versions Source: Github repository.

xz Use updaters-on-mac List of changes Previous versions ungoogled Source: Github repository. The Chromium Authors Editor The Chromium Authors mac mac Chromium for bit macOS Archive zip Install an older-version List of changes Source: Google repository.

The Chromium Authors Editor The Chromium Authors mac-arm mac-arm Chromium for bit macOS on Arm Archive Since version 39, Chromium and Google Chrome are not available in bit version for macOS.

Linux How to install, update and remove Chromium, on Linux distributions? In most cases, Chromium is directly available in the official repository of each Linux distribution. There are other ways like: chromium snap-package Snap chromium flatpak-package Flatpak For more, check a list of software package management systems.

Chromium for bit Linux Reference: Google Chrome xz Previous versions ungoogled Source: Github repository. deb Previous versions linuxdeb-avx2 Source: Github repository. deb Previous versions linuxdeb-avx Source: Github repository. linux linux Chromium for a Linux ditribution Arch Linux Available in the official repository sudo pacman -S chromium If you prefer, you can install the Snap package or Flatpak package of Chromium.

Info: Chromium at Arch Linux wiki Arch Linux is an independent distribution. Info: CentOS is a distribution affiliated with Red Hat RHEL.

linux linux Chromium for a Linux ditribution elementary OS Unavailable in the official repository but you can install it! Install the Snap package or Flatpak package of Chromium. Info: elementary OS is a distribution based on ubuntu. Info: Chromium at Fedora package , Fedora rpms , Fedora wiki and Fedora cloud Fedora is an independent distribution.

linux linux Chromium for a Linux ditribution Gentoo Linux Available in the official repository If you prefer, you can install the Flatpak package of Chromium. Info: Chromium at Gentoo Linux packages Gentoo Linux is an independent distribution.

Info: Chromium at Linux Mint Community and Linux Mint's blog Linux Mint is a distribution based on ubuntu and debian. linux linux Chromium for a Linux ditribution Mageia Available in the official repository Info: Chromium at Mageia Application Database Mageia is an independent distribution.

linux linux Chromium for a Linux ditribution Manjaro Available in the official arch-linux repository sudo pacman -S chromium If you prefer, you can install the Snap package or Flatpak package of Chromium.

Info: Chromium at Arch Linux wiki Manjaro is a distribution based on arch-linux. linux linux Chromium for a Linux ditribution openSUSE Available in the official repository If you prefer, you can also install the Snap package or Flatpak package of Chromium.

Info: Chromium at openSUSE package , openSUSE wiki and RPM resource chromium openSUSE is an independent distribution. linux linux Chromium for a Linux ditribution Puppy Linux Available in the official repository Follow the posts at Announcements about LxPup, ScPup, UPups, Chromium, LXQt, Kernels etc.

linux linux Chromium for a Linux ditribution Slackware Unavailable in the official repository but you can install it!

Follow the blog post of Eric Hameleers developer of Chromium packages Slackware is an independent distribution. linux linux Chromium for a Linux ditribution Solus Unavailable in the official repository but you can install it!

Install Snappy on Solus if not installed. Then type this command: sudo snap install chromium If you prefer, you can install the Flatpak package of Chromium. Info: Chromium at snapcraft Solus is an independent distribution.

linux linux Chromium for a Linux ditribution Ubuntu Unavailable in the official repository since Ubuntu To install the stable Chromium version, there are different ways.

The Snap version - For Ubuntu Info: Chromium at Ubuntu packages and Launchpad Ubuntu is a distribution based on debian. linux linux Chromium for a Linux ditribution Chromium OS Info Chromium OS is the open-source OS designed by Google that primarily runs web applications.

Based on Gentoo , it exists since Chromium is its default web browser. Google Chrome OS closed-source is based on Chromium OS. BSD Chromium for bit and bit BSD Reference: Google Chrome bsd bsd Chromium for a BSD distribution OpenBSD Available in the official repository Info: Chromium at OpenBSD ports and OpenBSD source code OpenBSD is an independent distribution.

Android 6. Info: sha1: f8df5e9dffccaa13b apk List of changes Previous versions Source: Github repository. The Chromium Authors Editor The Chromium Authors android32 android32 Chromium for bit Android Archive apk Dev info SystemWebViewShell.

apk Dev info Info: md5: d16c6b19cce7eecfcab zip Source: Google repository. iOS Reference: Google Chrome It is just a skin on top of Safari. Go your way! Notes Obviously, you know this site is not the Chromium official website. As a regular user not an expert , I created it in because there was no easy way to download good and stable releases of Chromium, on Windows.

I try to keep it as safe and fast as possible! Please, read the privacy policy. In short: Since the beginning of the Chromium project until today, there is no binary of stable Chromium shared by the official team. The official website is development oriented.

Users are invited to download Google Chrome. The official download page gives to users only ZIP archives of development builds also known as "snapshot", "nightly", "vanilla" or "raw" builds which can be very unstable.

Users are invited to download Google's Chrome Canary. This site gives to users a choice of builds: development also on its simplest download page , stable and portable builds. Project Chromium exists since It is the free and open-source project features behind the famous Google Chrome browser.

There are many advantages for an enterprise to work on an open-source project. Intrinsically, Chromium is a Google project maintained by many authors developers, engineers, graphic designers, security researchers from Google, Adobe, Amazon, ARM, Brave, Cloudflare, Facebook, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Igalia, Intel, Logitech, Microsoft, Mozilla, Nvidia, Opera, Samsung, Vivaldi, Xiaomi, Yandex and external contributors Official graph.

Chromium is not only a web browser. One or more projects are used in Chromium browser obviously! Official PDF presentation , Adobe Acrobat, Android WebView, Discord, Bitwarden, Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Minecraft, Signal, Skype, Slack, Spotify, Steam, TeamViewer, Trend Micro, Twitch, Unity3D, Unreal Engine, WhatsApp, Electron , CEF , QtWebEngine Chromium is not fully designed by Google!

However, as a primary investor, Google gives a consistent guidance and provides all free tools and services related to this project. Stable Chromium version Officially, Chromium does not have a stable release.

The official developers aka The Chromium Authors do not release it to end users. So it is continually in development. Google Chrome is the stable release but is not open-source. Chromium is the project then Google Chrome is the product. All stable versions of Chromium on windows , mac , linux are always made by third-party developers.

Features Chromium vs Google Chrome. It is a FOSS project. exe" , on Windows no support of proprietary codecs AAC, H. Why I used the "similar" word, here? Some developers maintain chromium-forks that offer more features and enhancements. Thanks a lot for developers!

Secure Preferences Chromium has "Secure Preferences" feature which protect user data against malware. On Windows, macOS and Linux, the user profile is encrypted based on the machine SID For info, you can change the SID on Linux.

It works for Chromium and all chromium-forks like Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Vivaldi, Brave, ungoogled-chromium except Cent Browser which is closed-source and therefore can be easily corrupted Info relative to this feature: PortableApps::Google Chrome portable Read "App Notes" PortableApps::Opera portable Read "App Notes" Portapps::Brave portable Read "Infos" or detailed info on Github Copy Chrome extensions from one computer to another How to migrate Google Chrome profile extensions, cookies, etc.

to another Windows installation? cc Chromium code source How to migrate user data from one computer to another? The simple way to migrate your data is to synchronize them. For info, you can also use free services like floccus , xBrowserSync.

Then restart the browser. But with an extension like Export links of all extensions Archive: ZIP , it is possible to list, in an HTML file, all browser extensions used.

There are unstable ways too: using these command-line-flags : --disable-machine-id --disable-encryption info using an hacking method to bypass "Secure Preferences". Google API keys By default, few Google services Chrome Sync are not available on Chromium.

They are reserved for Google Chrome users. Extremely convenient for people who access the Internet using multiple devices. To use these Google services, Chromium needs Google API keys. Chromium can display a top message if the Google API keys are needed for Google services screenshot : Google API keys are missing.

Some functionality of Chromium will be disabled. Learn More How to just hide the top message "Google API keys are missing Add the --no-default-browser-check flag at the end of the Chromium shortcut and restart the browser screenshot How to create your own Google API keys?

With your own Google API keys, many Google services Chrome Sync will work. Follow the official API Keys page to get them. Other info at Github Gist. A tutorial video on Youtube mirror Then set three environment variables. On Windows Launch Command Prompt cmd. Thanks to him.

There are 2 methods: 1. py Enter your API keys N. ChromiumSync or anything you want. This is perfectly working in Without Google API keys, many Google services Chrome Sync will not work. Chromium does not support Widevine natively. Note that Chromium developers and most of Chromium users do not use this Google plugin at all.

Other people tried to obtain a licence from Google for an open-source project and finally did not get it Archive: 1. On this website, the widevine support is enabled on the stable versions. So you need to install the Widevine CDM plugin yourself to play DRM content.

The latest version is: 4. zip bit Windows 4. zip bit macOS 4. zip bit Linux 4. zip bit Linux 2. Note these links of Google Chrome are official. sig Launch Chromium browser Go to the top of this website and check if the "widevine" tag is displayed.

If issue on a website using Widevine like Spotify, Netflix try its equivalent application or software. Flash plugin Flash is a deprecated multimedia software platform. Adobe retired Flash on January 1, , on all plateforms. Roadmap for Chromium.

Roadmap for Firefox. Since , the Flash PPAPI plugin aka PepperFlash plugin is discontinued. For info, PepperFlash is secure because it works in a sandbox.

In short, it executes in its own process, separate from the browser's rendering engine. Since , the Flash npapi plugin is discontinued. How to quickly install the Flash plugin? And my Auto Update feature is not working because I'm using Chromium Portable. Google it. Other than that - no. Nico Weber.

Hi, I'd recommend you use Google Chrome. The link Nico provided assumes you are using the linux version of Chromium it also seems to be out of date considering my last experience using it in linux. I'm not positive on this, but if you do a search for Chromium repo you may be able to find your answer.

If you're using the Windows version, I haven't seen anywhere to auto- update the browser. It may be updating when I'm not looking like the extensions, but I don't think so. I'm looking for a way to set up auto- update for Windows version, currently Plus it tends to be less buggy although also seems to be the testing ground for new features before they go to Chrome from what I've read.

bit Domain Tor Onion v3 Vanity Address security. Plainsight Enciphering Demo iPhone System Clock Ubuntu Phone Review.

Raspberry Pi Cluster Live Stats DigitalOcean Tutorials JamieWeb. net This Website Web Server Log File Anonymizer Content Security Policy Tester CI Pipeline Job Automatic Software Package Integrity Verifier Domain Name Expiry Monitor Link Whitelist Chrome Extension.

Up-to-date Chromium Browser on Ubuntu The Problem In Ubuntu, the chromium-browser package is in the Canonical Universe repository, which means that it is community-maintained rather than officially supported by Canonical. The Solution Canonical are working on entirely deprecating the Deb package and moving to using Snaps as the only official method for running always-updated Chromium.

If you wish to transfer your user data browsing history, bookmarks, extensions, etc from the chromium-browser version to the new Chromium Snap, this can be easily done: Moving your Chromium user profile may cause your cookies to be lost, meaning you'll be logged out of any saved sessions.

Make sure you have your password manager and 2FA codes available to log back in to any sites needed. Ensure that both browsers are fully closed. If you are the only user of Chromium, your user profile will most likely be a directory named Default.

Some developers maintain chromium-forks that offer more features and enhancements. Thanks a lot for developers! Secure Preferences Chromium has "Secure Preferences" feature which protect user data against malware.

On Windows, macOS and Linux, the user profile is encrypted based on the machine SID For info, you can change the SID on Linux.

It works for Chromium and all chromium-forks like Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Vivaldi, Brave, ungoogled-chromium except Cent Browser which is closed-source and therefore can be easily corrupted Info relative to this feature: PortableApps::Google Chrome portable Read "App Notes" PortableApps::Opera portable Read "App Notes" Portapps::Brave portable Read "Infos" or detailed info on Github Copy Chrome extensions from one computer to another How to migrate Google Chrome profile extensions, cookies, etc.

to another Windows installation? cc Chromium code source How to migrate user data from one computer to another? The simple way to migrate your data is to synchronize them. For info, you can also use free services like floccus , xBrowserSync.

Then restart the browser. But with an extension like Export links of all extensions Archive: ZIP , it is possible to list, in an HTML file, all browser extensions used. There are unstable ways too: using these command-line-flags : --disable-machine-id --disable-encryption info using an hacking method to bypass "Secure Preferences".

Google API keys By default, few Google services Chrome Sync are not available on Chromium. They are reserved for Google Chrome users. Extremely convenient for people who access the Internet using multiple devices. To use these Google services, Chromium needs Google API keys. Chromium can display a top message if the Google API keys are needed for Google services screenshot : Google API keys are missing.

Some functionality of Chromium will be disabled. Learn More How to just hide the top message "Google API keys are missing Add the --no-default-browser-check flag at the end of the Chromium shortcut and restart the browser screenshot How to create your own Google API keys?

With your own Google API keys, many Google services Chrome Sync will work. Follow the official API Keys page to get them. Other info at Github Gist. A tutorial video on Youtube mirror Then set three environment variables. On Windows Launch Command Prompt cmd.

Thanks to him. There are 2 methods: 1. py Enter your API keys N. ChromiumSync or anything you want. This is perfectly working in Without Google API keys, many Google services Chrome Sync will not work.

Chromium does not support Widevine natively. Note that Chromium developers and most of Chromium users do not use this Google plugin at all. Other people tried to obtain a licence from Google for an open-source project and finally did not get it Archive: 1.

On this website, the widevine support is enabled on the stable versions. So you need to install the Widevine CDM plugin yourself to play DRM content. The latest version is: 4. zip bit Windows 4. zip bit macOS 4.

zip bit Linux 4. zip bit Linux 2. Note these links of Google Chrome are official. sig Launch Chromium browser Go to the top of this website and check if the "widevine" tag is displayed.

If issue on a website using Widevine like Spotify, Netflix try its equivalent application or software. Flash plugin Flash is a deprecated multimedia software platform. Adobe retired Flash on January 1, , on all plateforms. Roadmap for Chromium. Roadmap for Firefox. Since , the Flash PPAPI plugin aka PepperFlash plugin is discontinued.

For info, PepperFlash is secure because it works in a sandbox. In short, it executes in its own process, separate from the browser's rendering engine. Since , the Flash npapi plugin is discontinued. How to quickly install the Flash plugin? Obsolete content!

screenshot Test if animation works on the Flash Player versions page. How to manually install the Flash plugin? This is a full manual installation tutorial. If Google Chrome is already installed, go directly to "3. Add command-line flags" 1. Get PepperFlash PPAPI This plugin is a non-free proprietary software developed by Adobe, and distributed bundled with Google Chrome.

So get it from the official sources: Adobe or Google. dll bit version 1. dll from Chrome Canary bit if you use bit Chromium On windows , get pepflashplayer. dll from Chrome Canary bit if you use bit Chromium On mac , get PepperFlashPlayer. plugin from Chrome Canary bit 1. ru or patheticcockroach.

com Download and open the. dll" rename it, if needed and "manifest. json" files. Optionally, get the Flash version number: If you want to see the correct version number on Chromium internal pages On all platforms, open the manifest.

json text file in the PepperFlash folder. dll file 2. Change the plugin directory If you want, prefer a short path for the plugin. It will be easier for the next step. It is there to make sure Chromium is launched in a separate thread.

Moreover, to simplify the Chromium launch, check How to create simple Mac apps from shell scripts Archive: 1. Also see the comment and comment Restart the browser Relaunch it to apply changes.

For update, check the Flash Player version on the official page. For security information, see the security bulletins and advisories 6. Now, even after browser updates, Chromium uses PepperFlash.

Chromium Few ways: Switch to other browsers still supporting NPAPI plugins like Waterfox browser. or install an older Chromium version Ex: , , , or install the IE Tab addon which allows users to view pages using the IE layout engine More info on site archives: chromium::wayback.

machine Sunday, 26 Jul chromium::archive. is Friday, 17 Jul or install an older version having ffmpegsumo file Ex: , , , or choose other browsers On linux , you can use Chromium with proprietary codecs ex: FFmpeg under Ubuntu Before 4 June , we used an alternative with the Google Chrome ffmpegsumo file and our Patch HTML5 Media extension.

More info on site archives: chromium::wayback. machine Monday, 8 Jun chromium::archive. is Friday, 5 Jun Note about the H. official source The licence of H. It is currently mainly supported by Apple. Support of H.

This one is supported by major companies Alliance for Open Media like Google, Microsoft, Intel, Samsung Support of AV1 in web browsers. Advanced 1. Copy and paste this special URL directly into the address bar omnibox.

Obviously, this special URL works only in Chromium and Google Chrome. Note: About configuration settings, there is nothing similar to Firefox 's about:config in Chromium. Keyboard shortcuts To use keyboard shortcuts on Windows, Mac and Linux , check this full list of official shortcuts and this one if you are developer.

Most of the shortcuts are similar to IE , Firefox or any other browser. Command-line flags There are command-line flags or "switches" that Chromium accept in order to enable particular features or modify otherwise default functionality. Note flags often contain experimental or obsolete code, so they tend not to stick around for long.

Run Chromium with flags List of Chromium command-line switches Auto-updated list provided by Peter Beverloo How to start Chromium directly in incognito or private mode, on Windows? Add the "--incognito" flag at the end of the Chromium shortcut and restart the browser.

exe" --incognito 4. User data directory About your profile history, bookmarks How to change the user data directory? Add the "--user-data-dir" flag at the end of the Chromium shortcut and restart the browser. External extension installation How to install an external browser add-on?

If you wish to install extensions directly instead of just downloading the. Click on the link of the. crx file you want to install Download the. crx source file of any extension directly from the Chrome Web Store via Get CRX or via a site like Chrome Extension Downloader , CRX Extractor , Crx4Chrome.

Add the "--enable-easy-off-store-extension-install" flag at the end of the Chromium shortcut and restart the browser. Unzip the.

or click on Developer mode Toggle in top right then Load unpacked extension screenshot About updates: You have to update manually You can update when you want! Source code Before all, check the official guide for developers. Chromium source code of the latest stable version: chromium Older version Never update your browser with a very old version.

It even does not start. To downgrade Chromium installed with the Installer. Uninstall Chromium WITHOUT to delete your user-data-directory. It is an option of its uninstaller. screenshot Get the Installer.

Browser benchmark To test performances of the browser, do differents benchmarks. Except as otherwise noted, for the result, a higher number is better. API This is a free and simple API for developers to update Chromium to the latest good build via a bash shell script, a browser extension Read my notes.

Please, do not use this API to build other websites. To prevent abuse, the site can audit each API request. Links Except the Wikipedia's Chromium page, these links are official and point only to the Google sites.

Browsers 1. Chromium forks In simple words, a fork of Chromium means Chromium engine is used to create another web browser. Why not recommended? Because all of these browsers are closed-source, outdated, based on Chromium like Google Chrome and most of the features they remove don't even exist in Chromium, in the first place.

Google is famous. Its privacy policy and marketing strategy are well known. So you have to ask you some questions. Do you trust in an unknown team more than Google? Is an outdated Chromium fork? Privacy For a better privacy protection, use open-source browsers like Chromium , Firefox.

Do not forget: It is open-source does not mean it is secure and respects user privacy. If your browser is fully "open-source", it means that somebody with the capability can review the source-code. It is easier for developers to find malicious code with versioning tools like Git or SVN.

Only an open-source code allows such defense. This is better for secure browsing and user privacy. The security of Chromium is very solid. While I recommend ungoogled-chromium , Bromite and Firefox cf.

js settings, containers system , better content-filtering , easier way to stop browser automatic connections , support of a self-hosted Firefox Sync server as the most reliable browsers for privacy enthusiasts in a standard web browsing, Chromium is probably a reasonable alternative for everyday web browsing.

Note you are not anonymous behind a VPN service cf. Browser fingerprint , Server-side tagging The anonymization solutions are especially necessary for the exercise of freedoms ex: for journalist, political opponent in certain countries, researcher, whistleblower These solutions are obviously very used by hackers too.

Personally, I think most people cannot be anonymous on the Web even using a VPN, proxy or TOR network. It is a myth that you cannot be tracked online. If you exist, you are findable, especially if you use multiple devices and websites.

There are a lot of technologies to identify a user and get its data. Check the guides and tests for more information.

But it is possible to really be anonymous on the Web if your respect all security rules. The book "The Art of Invisibility" written in by Kevin D. Mitnick will convince you. and the cryptocurrency like Bitcoin. Buy a new computer like a used computer with cash, from an unknown person.

Then remove the internal HDD or format it. You will not use it. Use Tails , Whonix , Qubes OS or a similar live Linux distribution. These ones uses the Tor network Note Tor is often attacked.

Change the MAC address. Connect to a public WiFi connection. Do not change settings or add extensions on Tor Browser. It will prevent your Browser fingerprint. SearX and. onion addresses are welcome. Here we go! Do you know Sure you can protect your privacy against tracking and profiling tools but it is really painful because these tracking tools are everywhere today: on Internet website, app You can find them in hardware firmware and software operating system, app, website, extension Do you know in all computers excepted RISC-V and Libreboot there is an exploit-friendly firmware that user has no access?

Ex: in Intel processors , in AMD processors , in Raspberry Pi proprietary Broadcom processor. Do you know you are readily recognizable if you install browser extensions like an ad-blocker? It means, if you install browser extensions, your Browser fingerprint is unique.

So you are unique on the Web. Ex: browserleaks::proxy , Browser Fingerprint Do you know there are probably untrusted certificates on your computer?

Ex: Apple, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla Do you know it is possible to follow a user behind Tor browser? Ex: Advanced Tor browser fingerprinting , Browser Fingerprinting , Tor and its discontents , with CSS noscript-tracking.

go , CrookedStyleSheets , with extension fingerprinting or with a zero-day exploit! About the "No log" mention of a VPN, do you know the jurisdiction of the country where the VPN server is located has authority on the jurisdiction of the country where the VPN provider is located? Ex: Choose a VPN provider from United Kingdom and connect to a French VPN server.

There are no log in United Kingdom. Ok, but this is not the problem! The VPN server is in France and there will be logs in France.

This is the law. So be careful when your VPN provider and its VPN server are located in countries from the Five Eyes , Nine Eyes or Fourteen Eyes. Do you know Linux like Windows and Mac devices have a unique identifier? Ex: Linux devices have a unique identifier called machine-id. Here is how to change it.

Browser update The reason for updating to the latest version is security. As security threats are found, they are fixed. Using an old version expose user to a number of security holes and privacy issues. Browsers are far more subject to hacking than other software. Hosts file Modify your hosts file to prevent your OS from connecting to domains who serve ads, spyware and malware.

This will increase your OS security and save bandwidth. Dan Pollock's list MVPS HOSTS Peter Lowe's list Malware Domain List Unified hosts file with base extensions No more ads, tracking and other virtual garbage Note: Few extensions like uBlock Origin can also use these lists in their settings.

Few tools like Pi-hole and AdAway can also use these lists in their settings. Free and open-source auto-updating Hosts managers: hostsmgr , HostsFileEditor on Windows , Gas Mask on macOS 4.

DNS services By default you are using the DNS servers of your ISP but you do not have to stick with them. Before to choose one, compare DNS performance. Check Publicly available servers. You can also use a DNSCrypt client Ex: Encrypt your DNS traffic with Simple DNSCrypt for Windows You can also use your own DNS resolver with Unbound or other software.

Web search engines Note: Few dns-services and extensions exist to protect user privacy on search engines. Search engines Search engines index the content of web pages by running an algorithm on a web crawler. Baidu Bing Gigablast Google Search Mojeek Yahoo!

Search Yandex Search Metasearch engine Metasearch engines use another search engine's data to produce its own results from the Internet. Search engine map. Disconnect Search by Disconnect. Extensions Note: With the use of extensions, you become more easily identifiable cf.

Extensions hosted on the Chrome Web Store are updated via the Chrome update mechanism cf. Chromium source code which developers and users do not control.