Chromebook Security

[JHZR2]

Yes. I thought that was the plan? And change the Google password.

All the files should be on Google Drive and should still be available after the Powerwash.

As I noted the machine was off and we wanted to go through things first. I’ve not messed with chrome os so I don’t know what gets lost, even if files back up to google drive.

Again, this:

Copy/paste this into Chrome and hit Enter:

chrome://settings/content/all

Hit the Delete All Data button.

That’s how I got to the image above with 6.5GB of I don’t even know what. Deleting all of it is easy, obviously. But I’m still curious how the os/browser lets 6.5GB of junk get written.

Someone has allowed notifications from websites in the browser. These can be shut off under settings, site settings, then under permissions, notifications.
They're just crap from someone clicking on 'OK' or 'Allow'

Yes I’ve seen that setting too. Thing is, how is the design of the browser, or whatever security settings we have, allowing some third party Indian website to endlessly push this trash? That’s a more fundamental question. I haven’t seen pop notifications like this in decades. Used to happen if you typed in the wrong url and a bad actor had the one you typed. Lots of screens or other notifications could pop up. Haven’t seen it happen in a long time. Is chrome that behind the times or poorly constructed software?!?

 

[Pew]

Yes I’ve seen that setting too. Thing is, how is the design of the browser, or whatever security settings we have, allowing some third party Indian website to endlessly push this trash? That’s a more fundamental question. I haven’t seen pop notifications like this in decades. Used to happen if you typed in the wrong url and a bad actor had the one you typed. Lots of screens or other notifications could pop up. Haven’t seen it happen in a long time. Is chrome that behind the times or poorly constructed software?!?

The website was given access to allow popups and notifications, that's really about it.

 

[Hall]

The browser isn’t the latest version per the chrome site.

99% certain that the browser is baked into the OS so it's always up-to-date if the OS is updated.

 

[Bottom_Feeder]

That’s how I got to the image above with 6.5GB of I don’t even know what. Deleting all of it is easy, obviously. But I’m still curious how the os/browser lets 6.5GB of junk get written.

Sorry, I didn't see that.

So what is its status now?

 

[dishdude]

Someone has allowed notifications from websites in the browser. These can be shut off under settings, site settings, then under permissions, notifications.
They're just crap from someone clicking on 'OK' or 'Allow'

The website was given access to allow popups and notifications, that's really about it.

Exactly this, those are just scary looking and sounding popups from some shady website. Someone went to a rogue site and clicked allow when the permission request to allow notifications from that site popped up.

 

[JHZR2]

The website was given access to allow popups and notifications, that's really about it.

So it has to be manually approved??

99% certain that the browser is baked into the OS so it's always up-to-date if the OS is updated.

That’s what I figured, but the chrome browser latest release numbers from Google imply that there are newer versions.

Sorry, I didn't see that.

So what is its status now?

Only so many hours in the day.. computer has remained shut down and I’ll review over the weekend. I want to scrutinize the sites that have been visited.

Exactly this, those are just scary looking and sounding popups from some shady website. Someone went to a rogue site and clicked allow when the permission request to allow notifications from that site popped up.

Well that’s what I’m trying to get to/ get after. This was enabled. It has to be manually done. So my 12yo was somewhere they shouldn’t have been, and enabled something by trick or choice.

 

[dishdude]

So it has to be manually approved??


That’s what I figured, but the chrome browser latest release numbers from Google imply that there are newer versions.



Only so many hours in the day.. computer has remained shut down and I’ll review over the weekend. I want to scrutinize the sites that have been visited.



Well that’s what I’m trying to get to/ get after. This was enabled. It has to be manually done. So my 12yo was somewhere they shouldn’t have been, and enabled something by trick or choice.

Quite possibly just user error, spelled something wrong or clicked on the wrong link in an innocent search.

 

[Pew]

So it has to be manually approved??

Yes, the permissions have to be manually allowed per page. I don't think there's a 'remember answer' for popups.

 

[Hall]

That’s what I figured, but the chrome browser latest release numbers from Google imply that there are newer versions.

Latest version of ChromeOS is 132.X.X. That's what you have and the browser is integral. Latest version of the Chrome browser is 134.X.X, but you aren't running that, which is a standalone program. Yours appears to be fully updated.

 

[Hall]

So it has to be manually approved??

Yes, some websites will pop up and say "BITOG would like to send you notifications" and you respond accept or reject or allow or deny (don't know which terms it uses). I'd look for a setting that disallows the pop-ups from even being allowed. May not be one though....

Looks like there might be a setting. The one selected here is the default as I've never changed this.