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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 58943" data-source="post: 704692"><p>1) Many security gurus, IT engineers and infosec experts recommend Chromebook these days. (including some of the highly regarded folks on this forum) Sorry they disappoint you.</p><p>2) Chromebook isn't entirely cloud based. The OS (Gentoo based Linux, heavily engineered) is installed locally. Apps (including Googleplay apps) are installed locally. Most newer ones come with 32-64GB mSATA's. Increasingly, they're less and less cloud based for many things.</p><p>3) If someone has your login data with ANYTHING you are toast. If you consider 'your logins and passwords' an attack vector then you should consider your wallet an attack vector and stop carrying one.</p><p>4) Google by default has extensive self-protection for your login information. SMS to your phone asking 'if that was you', ingrained Geo-Location blocking (aka, a Chinese guy will be stopped at the door if you are a Chromebook guy in Milwaukee). That's assuming you don't enable TFA! Hardly an open attack vector.</p><p>5) A Chromebook (Chromes) default 'unsafe site' does include phishing protection. Any extensions you add to increase this protection are also available.</p><p></p><p>Realistically, there are only a tiny handful of attack vectors with Chromebook. It's not 'zero' but it is as close to near-zero as we have available.</p><p></p><p>1) At a minimum, a hostile page can still try to lock up your browser and leave it stuck on a demand that you pay up. As a Google notes, you can escape that by resetting the Chromebook. (20 seconds, Powerwash)</p><p>2) Page hijacking can also present the user with a prompt to install a risky third-party extension. Resetting the browser will fix this as will a 20 second powerwash. Assuming you allow it to get past the non-authorized extension prompts and install the off-repository extension in the first place!</p><p>3) Adware type Googleplay Apps that sneak past Play Protect and you happen upon them (a rarity). But again, a Powerwash or simply uninstalling the App will fix that. That's also assuming you even install or use Android Apps on it, many disable this.</p><p>4) Phishing. This vector is really about using your noggin and not putting your information into fake sites that happened to squeek past Unsafe-Site system. Generally not an attack vector but a stupid factor.</p><p></p><p>So the attack vector is near-zero, but not zero. In comparison to Windows, it's nearly immeasurably lower, probably by a factor of 1000 or something. EDU environment has largely transitioned to Chromebooks (60%+) because it drops IT Costs significantly, and locks their networks down from untold millions of monsters lurking out there for Windows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 58943, post: 704692"] 1) Many security gurus, IT engineers and infosec experts recommend Chromebook these days. (including some of the highly regarded folks on this forum) Sorry they disappoint you. 2) Chromebook isn't entirely cloud based. The OS (Gentoo based Linux, heavily engineered) is installed locally. Apps (including Googleplay apps) are installed locally. Most newer ones come with 32-64GB mSATA's. Increasingly, they're less and less cloud based for many things. 3) If someone has your login data with ANYTHING you are toast. If you consider 'your logins and passwords' an attack vector then you should consider your wallet an attack vector and stop carrying one. 4) Google by default has extensive self-protection for your login information. SMS to your phone asking 'if that was you', ingrained Geo-Location blocking (aka, a Chinese guy will be stopped at the door if you are a Chromebook guy in Milwaukee). That's assuming you don't enable TFA! Hardly an open attack vector. 5) A Chromebook (Chromes) default 'unsafe site' does include phishing protection. Any extensions you add to increase this protection are also available. Realistically, there are only a tiny handful of attack vectors with Chromebook. It's not 'zero' but it is as close to near-zero as we have available. 1) At a minimum, a hostile page can still try to lock up your browser and leave it stuck on a demand that you pay up. As a Google notes, you can escape that by resetting the Chromebook. (20 seconds, Powerwash) 2) Page hijacking can also present the user with a prompt to install a risky third-party extension. Resetting the browser will fix this as will a 20 second powerwash. Assuming you allow it to get past the non-authorized extension prompts and install the off-repository extension in the first place! 3) Adware type Googleplay Apps that sneak past Play Protect and you happen upon them (a rarity). But again, a Powerwash or simply uninstalling the App will fix that. That's also assuming you even install or use Android Apps on it, many disable this. 4) Phishing. This vector is really about using your noggin and not putting your information into fake sites that happened to squeek past Unsafe-Site system. Generally not an attack vector but a stupid factor. So the attack vector is near-zero, but not zero. In comparison to Windows, it's nearly immeasurably lower, probably by a factor of 1000 or something. EDU environment has largely transitioned to Chromebooks (60%+) because it drops IT Costs significantly, and locks their networks down from untold millions of monsters lurking out there for Windows. [/QUOTE]
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