Chromium changed settings without my consent
I am using Chromium from Debian stable repo and noticed that since the last upgrade (70.0.3538.67) I had the option Help improve Safe Browsing enabled, whose purpose is to "Send some system information and page content to Google".
It disappointed me, because I had this option disabled before the upgrade and I frequently check settings for such changes. The browser profile is the same as was before the update. My questions are:
- Is it normal practice for browsers?
- Is there a command line argument
to force this option to remain disabled, so it could prevent such
situations?
google-chrome chromium
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I am using Chromium from Debian stable repo and noticed that since the last upgrade (70.0.3538.67) I had the option Help improve Safe Browsing enabled, whose purpose is to "Send some system information and page content to Google".
It disappointed me, because I had this option disabled before the upgrade and I frequently check settings for such changes. The browser profile is the same as was before the update. My questions are:
- Is it normal practice for browsers?
- Is there a command line argument
to force this option to remain disabled, so it could prevent such
situations?
google-chrome chromium
asked Nov 22 at 18:11
Mark Stall
12
add a comment |
I am using Chromium from Debian stable repo and noticed that since the last upgrade (70.0.3538.67) I had the option Help improve Safe Browsing enabled, whose purpose is to "Send some system information and page content to Google".
It disappointed me, because I had this option disabled before the upgrade and I frequently check settings for such changes. The browser profile is the same as was before the update. My questions are:
- Is it normal practice for browsers?
- Is there a command line argument
to force this option to remain disabled, so it could prevent such
situations?
google-chrome chromium
asked Nov 22 at 18:11
Mark Stall
12
I am using Chromium from Debian stable repo and noticed that since the last upgrade (70.0.3538.67) I had the option Help improve Safe Browsing enabled, whose purpose is to "Send some system information and page content to Google".
It disappointed me, because I had this option disabled before the upgrade and I frequently check settings for such changes. The browser profile is the same as was before the update. My questions are:
- Is it normal practice for browsers?
- Is there a command line argument
to force this option to remain disabled, so it could prevent such
situations?
google-chrome chromium
google-chrome chromium
asked Nov 22 at 18:11
Mark Stall
12
asked Nov 22 at 18:11
Mark Stall
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asked Nov 22 at 18:11
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asked Nov 22 at 18:11
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