Chrome Stable channel updated

The Chrome Stable Channel has been updated to version 23.0.1271.64 m.

 

Were you so anxious that nobody starts a new thread about Chrome 23 that you didn't had the time to provide a download link?

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-http://dl.google.com/chrome/win/D82AE32A83676668/23.0.1271.64_chrome_installer.exe

Changelog

 

You can start all the new threads you like.
And I always update Chrome internally, so no link needed.

 

It connects keepa.com at startup. It is amazon price tracker whatever! Wth?

 

Make a new thread on it so it can be discussed without posts being deleted and people left wondering what you're talking about ((since you've mentioned this in two separate threads.)).

 

Latest Chrome connects to keepa.com at every launch. Observed with tcpview. Waiting someone's confirmation!

 

What I'm saying is make a thread about it instead of driving this thread off topic because you know these posts will get deleted soon.

 

I don't see it happening using TCPView.

 

Interesting. I was on win 8 testing. Reverted back to win 7 now, so i don't have chrome now. Maybe it is somehow related to win 8? lol

Be careful, connection disappear immediately.

 

I'm sorry mods, I just wanted to add one little thing here. This might explain why you're seeing Keepa.com, Pandorax: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-tracktor-amazon-price/onajjgekdldckfgodnmoallcmdmfcfom.

Do you have that installed?

 

No. Only adblock, noreferer and https everywhere were installed.

 

FWIW, I don't see it on XP or on W7.
And you mentioned AdBlock. Perhaps you mean AdBlockPlus, don't know, but again, I do have AdBlock installed on both of the machines I mentioned and I don't see them connecting to keepa.com.

 

I installed chrome again and found the culprit. Referer Control extension causes this. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/referer-control/hnkcfpcejkafcihlgbojoidoihckciin

Actually it says from keepa.com on webstore! I saw it now! So what is the relation between controlling referer and amazon price tracker?

 

Again, if it concerns you enough, make a new thread on it.

 

Well, if you don't want to remove Referer Control you can add the following command line switch as a start parameter:

Code:

--host-rules="MAP https://ssl.google-analytics.com 127.0.0.1","MAP *.google-analytics.com 127.0.0.1","MAP *.googleadservices.com 127.0.0.1","MAP *.doubleclick.net 127.0.0.1","MAP *.keepa.com 127.0.0.1"

Note that I added the other domains because I found entries for google-analytics in the Chrome cache after every start although Fanboy's Tracking list in Adblock should have blocked them. The same was true for doubleclick.net after going to the Chrome webstore. With those host-rules they are reliably blocked. I found that the extra rule for ssl.google-analytics.com was necessary to have it blocked.

 

You should consider two things. First, "MAP *.google-analytics.com 127.0.0.1" covers the first rule as well, so no need for the first rule. Second, "MAP *.keepa.com 127.0.0.1" will only block access to keepa subdomains, but not the main domain itself, so a rule mapping the main domain is also needed, if one needs to block access to it as well.

I noticed that quite sometime ago. Apparently, for security reasons, Google won't allow Chrome extension developers to modify Chrome Web Store page.

 

Well, that's what I had thought, too. I had had only the second rule but ssl.GA had nevertheless appeared. In order to check it I've now deleted the first rule - and couldn't reproduce my earlier finding. So you're obviously right on this.

You're right on this, too. Do you know if it's possible to combine both? Is it possible to use regex?

Indeed. That's why those host-rules are really useful.

 

Nope, no regex. Maybe if someone asks as a feature to the Chromium team.
Anyway, what you want could be achieved by using Google Chrome policy templates instead.

-https://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=187945
-http://www.chromium.org/administrators/policy-list-3

The keys to use would be:
-http://www.chromium.org/administrators/policy-list-3#URLBlacklist
-http://www.chromium.org/administrators/policy-list-3#URLWhitelist

 

Thanks for the information. Using Firefox though. I will keep in my mind.

 

Thanks I had looked into this before and will check again if that will serve my purposes.

BTW: The description for URLBlacklist says:

That's the reason why I had used a '.' in my host-rules before (and because that's the syntax also used in the Noscript ABE rules) - but that didn't work as discussed in another thread I had missed the word "prevent". The asterisk is necessary.

 

BleachBit is having a little error issue with Chrome 23 favicons.
Nothing on their forum as of yet. Not a big deal, I just use BB in conjunction with CC.

 

One little touch that I really like (which I think is new in 23) is how the closing X on the tabs will turn into a red circle when you hover the cursor over it. It makes it a little easier to know when you're about to select a tab versus close it.