for what it's worth, I've been able to use the chromium daily builds without any problems for about 6 months :)
Google Chrome for Linux
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Re: Google Chrome for Linux
#12Are there any advantages to running this over Chromium?
Re: Google Chrome for Linux
#13Stores passwords in plain text on disk: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=25404&... I noticed that detail when I was trying out Chromium a while back, and it still hasn't been fixed. It seems like a simple but basic security feature. I don't know what else isn't done yet, but it does make me worry. No guarantees that Firefox isn't doing similar things I'd object to, but I don't know about them, so…
What's the alternative?
Even if it encrypts the password before storing them on disk, the encryption/decryption key are necessarily on disk anyways, no?
Re: Google Chrome for Linux
#14Stores passwords in plain text on disk: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=25404&... I noticed that detail when I was trying out Chromium a while back, and it still hasn't been fixed. It seems like a simple but basic security feature. I don't know what else isn't done yet, but it does make me worry. No guarantees that Firefox isn't doing similar things I'd object to, but I don't know about them, so…
What's the alternative? Even if it encrypts the password before storing them on disk, the encryption/decryption key are necessarily on disk anyways, no?
You can make the user enter a master password.
Re: Google Chrome for Linux
#15for what it's worth, I've been able to use the chromium daily builds without any problems for about 6 months :)
Have you noticed the 5 second computer freeze every time you type or hit a keyboard button when Chrome is active? Cause I have.
Re: Google Chrome for Linux
#16Stores passwords in plain text on disk: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=25404&... I noticed that detail when I was trying out Chromium a while back, and it still hasn't been fixed. It seems like a simple but basic security feature. I don't know what else isn't done yet, but it does make me worry. No guarantees that Firefox isn't doing similar things I'd object to, but I don't know about them, so…
What's the alternative? Even if it encrypts the password before storing them on disk, the encryption/decryption key are necessarily on disk anyways, no?
No.
You can use a master password to decrypt your encrypted password database.
Your operating system might have a keyring service or an encrypted filesystem you can use to store your keys in.
You might even use a hardware token, or some specialized on-board hardware for storing your passwords securely.
Re: Google Chrome for Linux
#17Are there any advantages to running this over Chromium?
Some dis-advantages, I guess. Since it's beta, it won't run plugins (yet). Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Re: Google Chrome for Linux
#18for what it's worth, I've been able to use the chromium daily builds without any problems for about 6 months :)
Have you noticed the 5 second computer freeze every time you type or hit a keyboard button when Chrome is active? Cause I have.
I've never had anything like that. Chrome on my computer is, at worst, taking 5-10% CPU usage to maintain 10 tabs in 2 windows, and it doesn't slow anything else down. Perhaps your OS is the problem?
Re: Google Chrome for Linux
#19Are there any advantages to running this over Chromium?
The same advantages (and disadvantages) to running any stable build vs. development build.
Re: Google Chrome for Linux
#20for what it's worth, I've been able to use the chromium daily builds without any problems for about 6 months :)
Have you noticed the 5 second computer freeze every time you type or hit a keyboard button when Chrome is active? Cause I have.
If he had that problem I doubt he would have posted:
> I've been able to use the chromium daily builds without any problems for about 6 months :)