- Jul 3, 2015
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You probably know about nifty extensions like HTTPS Everywhere and uBlock Origin, etc.
But you might not know about the hidden lockdown settings that you can enable if you are running chrome on windows 8-10.
These settings utilize the native Windows security feature called Appcontainer. This isolates apps that run inside it from the rest of the operating system, in other words, it sandboxes them.
to enable the chrome lockdown settings, navigate in chrome to:
chrome://flags
then scroll down until you get to:
Enable PPAPI Win32k Lockdown
Enable AppContainer Lockdown
The first option will isolate plugins of your choice.
The second option will isolate all of chrome, which basically means that you are running chrome in a sandbox.
If you do this, it is quite possible that your other security software will not be able to protect chrome, because it might be locked out of the appcontainer. You will have to check and see how your security apps react to this setting.
However, appcontainer is probably more secure than anything your other security softwares wanted to do for you in the first place, so you only stand to gain.
But you might not know about the hidden lockdown settings that you can enable if you are running chrome on windows 8-10.
These settings utilize the native Windows security feature called Appcontainer. This isolates apps that run inside it from the rest of the operating system, in other words, it sandboxes them.
to enable the chrome lockdown settings, navigate in chrome to:
chrome://flags
then scroll down until you get to:
Enable PPAPI Win32k Lockdown
Enable AppContainer Lockdown
The first option will isolate plugins of your choice.
The second option will isolate all of chrome, which basically means that you are running chrome in a sandbox.
If you do this, it is quite possible that your other security software will not be able to protect chrome, because it might be locked out of the appcontainer. You will have to check and see how your security apps react to this setting.
However, appcontainer is probably more secure than anything your other security softwares wanted to do for you in the first place, so you only stand to gain.