Chromium - Privacy-Focused Builds

Discussion in 'other software & services' started by WildByDesign, Oct 5, 2016.

  1. 142395

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    As major repositories already include Chromium, I think it won't happen.
     
  2. The Red Moon

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    Thank you kindly,
    I did notice the site offers versions minus webrtc and widevine etc and maybe linux versions could be available.
     
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    Yes, I thought that is your interest. Maybe Linux user is expected to compile it by themselves...:(
     
  4. WildByDesign

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    Awesome thank you!

    Question on GPO. I see you have to enable the updating of Google Chrome Enterprise via GPO which I did. Question though, does this handle just the updating of Chrome itself? What about chrome://components/ a la Flash Player? I have not had it rolled out long enough to find this out myself at work yet. Was curious if you knew and how you handle the updating of it?

    Thanks!
     
  6. WildByDesign

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    @Trooper You're welcome. I apologize, but I don't know the answer to any of those questions. I have only got some basic group policy settings working initially but have not had the time to dig in further and explore more settings yet. If you figure any of those out, please feel free to share here in the thread how you resolved it.
     
  7. Trooper

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    No worries. I will investigate it a bit more and post back. Thank you.
     
  8. WildByDesign

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    Thanks WBD, and shared by others im sure.

    Now that I have finally resorted to FFQ for the first time in centuries lol it looks like the right time to add this one and do the compare runs. Browsers seem like a motorway anymore with multiple hazards to take charge of with add-ons etc.
     
  10. The Red Moon

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    I have chromium on my linux box and it reports version 64 as up to date.I assume the linux versions perhaps lag behind or the repo mananger awaits version 65.?
     
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    current is chromium 67.0.3396.99

    but - v67 <> v69 - with v69 i dont get pages loaded completely - either "waiting for cache..." or "waiting for ublock..."
    i dont have such issues with v67, page loads, ready.

    anyone with same experience?
     
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    I tried to use 64 bit archive version on Windows 7 x64 but no luck so far. Browser just closes after few seconds of usage. Tried with new profile with no luck. Anybody else has this problems?
     
  16. WildByDesign

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    @Minimalist Are you running a Stable channel build or Dev build?
    Does your Windows 7 x64 have all of the latest updates?

    Particularly, I have seen issues with other apps on Windows 7 which did not have the latest hashing algorithm updates. I don't know if that is the case here or not but that is the first thing that came to mind at the moment.
     
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    Anyone else seeing a "utility" Medium IL process that is not within an AppContainer sandbox? I am comparing the same Stable channel build to the official Chrome stable build and only the Chromium build seems to have this.

    I am guessing maybe it is some sort of "field trial" but cannot narrow it down yet.

    EDIT: This utility process seems to be some sort of Audio service.
     
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    @WildByDesign
    I'm using stable channel and have installed all Windows 7 updates. I will do some more tests and see if I can figure it out.
     
  19. puff-m-d

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    Hello,

    New stable versions of Chromium 69.0.3497.92 (576753) have been released...

    Chromium for 64-bit Windows only - Woolyss Site - GitHub Site
    Nik Build: Sync • Widevine • 69.0.3497.92 (576753) • Tuesday, 11 Sep 2018

    Chromium for 64-bit and 32-bit Windows - Woolyss Site - GitHub Site
    Nik Build: Sync • Widevine • 69.0.3497.92 (576753) • Tuesday, 11 Sep 2018

    Chromium for 64-bit macOS only - Woolyss Site - GitHub Site
    Marmaduke Builds:
    Sync • Widevine • 69.0.3497.92 (576753) • Wednesday, 12 Sep 2018
    No sync • No Widevine • 69.0.3497.92 (576753) • Wednesday, 12 Sep 2018
     
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    Hello,

    New stable versions of Chromium 69.0.3497.100 (576753) have been released...

    Chromium for 64-bit Windows only - Woolyss Site - GitHub Site
    Nik Build: Sync • Widevine • 69.0.3497.100 (576753) • Tuesday, 18 Sep 2018

    Chromium for 64-bit and 32-bit Windows - Woolyss Site - GitHub Site
    Nik Build: Sync • Widevine • 69.0.3497.100 (576753) • Tuesday, 18 Sep 2018

    Chromium for 64-bit macOS only - Woolyss Site - GitHub Site
    Marmaduke Builds:
    Sync • Widevine • 69.0.3497.100 (576753) • Tuesday, 18 Sep 2018
    No sync • No Widevine • 69.0.3497.100 (576753) • Tuesday, 18 Sep 2018
     
  21. paulderdash

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    My chrlauncher (v2.4.3) isn't picking these up, shouldn't it be?

    Anyone else experiencing this?
     
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  22. paulderdash

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    Found my problem.

    Builds were set to 'stable-codecs-nosync'. No such builds ... set to sync and it's fine.
     
  23. puff-m-d

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    Hello,

    New stable versions of Chromium 70.0.3538.67 (587811) have been released...

    Chromium for 64-bit Windows only - Woolyss Site - GitHub Site
    Nik Build: widevine • all-codecs • sync • stable • win64 • 70.0.3538.67 (587811) • Wednesday, 17 Oct 2018

    Chromium for 64-bit and 32-bit Windows - Woolyss Site - GitHub Site
    Nik Build: widevine • all-codecs • sync • stable • win32 • 70.0.3538.67 (587811) • Thursday, 18 Oct 2018

    Chromium for 64-bit macOS only - Woolyss Site - GitHub Site
    Marmaduke Builds:
    widevine • sync • all-codecs • stable • mac • 70.0.3538.67 (587811) • Wednesday, 17 Oct 2018
    no-sync • all-codecs • stable • mac • 70.0.3538.67 (587811) • Wednesday, 17 Oct 2018
     
  24. WildByDesign

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    I noticed that with Nik's recent Chromium stable builds for M69/M70, they have all had an extra process (Audio Service) which is running as a 'utility' process, unsandboxed, and running at Medium IL. This is actually an upcoming feature that is expected, where they are taking the Audio Service out of the browser process and running it OutOfProcess and will eventually be sandboxed.

    I know that Nik compiles his Chromium builds essentially as default build settings, therefore I assume that Google Chrome devs must be making a switch on their end for official Chrome builds to keep the Audio Service within the browser process currently. They must have some sort of compile time switch for this.

    If anyone is concerned about this extra process which is unsandboxed and running at Medium IL, have no fear, there is a working command line argument which will tuck that Audio Service back into the browser process for now. I have confirmed that this command is working successfully, but keep in mind you have to run it everytime and therefore you can add this into your Chromium shortcut. I will be doing this for now until Chrome devs properly sandbox that Audio Service process and that is likely why official Chrome builds still have that kept within the browser process.
    Code:
    chrome.exe --disable-features=AudioServiceOutOfProcess
     
  25. paulderdash

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    :thumb: Thanks @puff-m-d, downloaded with chrlauncher.
     
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