15 Best Google Chrome Security Extensions Discussion

Google Chrome is already the safest web browser on the market, but when it comes to security you can never be too careful. We've compiled 15 Chrome extensions that lock down Google's browser tighter than Fort Knox.

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The best way to secure your privacy is to not use Google Chrome...You can better use a browser from a company that isn't the biggest search-engine on the world.

Google wants to know everything about you and your internet surfing behaviour.

 

Inaccuracies abound and things I'm sick of..

Just because the password is sent in clear text does not mean it's in their database in clear text... no plug-in is going to tell you how their backend code works. If the password is in a cookie in clear text and being stored on your own machine (or potentially a public machine) that way, that's another problem.

Actually no, it doesn't sound fair. If you like the content on a site, register and help them out.. Help them.. help you.. Many sites use that info for benevolent purposes of creating a better place for you to get the content you love. Also, it's better for interacting with the community that is utilizing the site (MUCH LIKE THIS FORUM!!). Sure you could manage your 50 bazillion emails sent to your catch-all domain account, but it's still uniquely you. If a site is giving you perceivable benefits for registering, why not?

This is somewhat tied to 13.. Can we please stop blocking ads on the sites we love to visit. That's how many of these regular people who are building these places we love to frequent for information put food in their mouths and pay their rent. I think I might block notebookreview ads only.. Actually no I won't, I like coming here.. and anyone who would actually suggest an ad blocker is just not understanding the economics of how all the great content they like to read, and how much time and money it costs to give it to them, is put out there.. Sure.. keep using ad blockers. You'll see soon enough how that will play out in the end. You'll be paying for it forcefully...

I do think some of the other extensions are great ideas though. I just had to rant, sorry.

 

Thanks for the compilation! Some stuff may be subjective, but some sure are useful for me.

 

I get huge memory leaks when I use Adblock with Chrome. Chrome runs several times faster without it.

 

A warning about Chrome.

Chrome is indeed the fastest browser out now. Simply astounding by how much DHTML and Flash run quicker within it than other browsers. And the ability to get Memory utilization of each tab, and optionally being able to kill by tab, cannot be beat. Being a good Android Phone owner, I use my Google tools and browser.

Chrome is not however, any better than IE in regards to protection from "FakeAV" attacks!!!

A few months ago when the HP 8740w was new, I did a search for it. I found most of the search results lower down in the 100 item returned list were just aggregators re-publishing the content from other sites. Some pages looked very sketchy and were closed very quickly. On one site I "mis-clicked" and accidentally clicked on an ad in a margin. I immediately saw a "scanning your computer" graphic pop-up, and soon after my AV started popping-up with notification of disinfections it performed. I stopped it, collected all the binary names from the AV notifications, renamed them, scanned references in the cache and Registry and got rid or entries; hope I got'm all. Seems so but I still worry.

But point being, just a warning to all. Don't make the mistake I made to think that by using Chrome, it's any less susceptible to browser-based attacks than IE or Firefox and that you are "safer" when using it. You are not.

My response was to disable all Plug-ins in Chrome. Since Chrome can't allow selective plug-ins (which is real dim & short-sighted on Google's part IMO), it means I don't have any Flash or other active content support like that. Oh well. But I don't see another answer to prevent a "fool me twice..." situation; as I don't see anything listed on that page of "15 must have security extensions" that will selectively protect against what active content or plug-ins can be run. I.e to stop a "FakeAV" attack from running and downloading binaries to your HD, and installing them in various places in the Registry. And IMO that is what Chrome needs the most to make it secure.

...Hope some Google programmers on the Chrome team read this.

 

The only truly safe way to browse is to run a linux liveCD (or USB stick) and run Chrome or Firefox. Make sure the HDD is unmounted.

 

Few days ago I had similar incident. Was browsing on Chromium (not google chrome), hit a link and all of a sudden ...that scanning thing popped up. I closed/killed the browser immediately. I think it was just a fake animation to fool you to download a virus (as fake anti-virus).

On Chrome browser type chrome://plugins/ in address bar, from this page you can disable / enable plugins.

When we install a new browser, all these plugins would automatically get installed and are set to 'enable' states even though you have 'disabled' them in other browsers. Would like a feature implemented in OS where this plugin enabled / disabled global state is shared or can be easily configured.

Also some extensions would show up in your addons list even though you didn't installed them, e.g. Microsoft Presentation Foundation..., .Net Framework....

In Google Chrome I'm using a Gestures and AdBlock extension, plus my own ones ( ' Craigslist Peek', 'Forum Preview', ..).

 

I neutered my Chrome. And I hate [ hate hate hate] that I can't approve & enable plug-ins on a site by site basis. So I basically only use Chrome for GMail, Google Maps, and GWT programming now. Chrome really is 'too light' in features sometimes ...shame.