Chromium Configuration

Configuring Chromium for privacy and performance

08-24-24

Preface: I configure FireFox a bit stricter as I prefer Chromium for less privacy-friendly tasks, such as the occasional video call.

Installation

Use ungoogled-chromium instead of stock Chromium

macOS: brew install --cask eloston-chromium

Arch/Artix: yay -S ungoogled-chromium (source)

Settings

You and Google

• Sync and Google services –> Improve search suggestions –> off

Autofill

• Disable everything

Privacy and security

Cookies and other site data

• Block third-party cookies
• Allow related sites to see your activity in the group –> off
• “Do Not Track” –> on

Security

• Always use secure connections –> on
• Use secure DNS –> on

Site settings

• Automatically remove permissions from unused sites –> off

Search engines

• Search engine –> DuckDuckGo

On startup

• Open the New Tab page

Languages

• Spell check –> off

Extensions

Chromium Webstore

Install chromium-web-store extension

1. chrome://flags/#extension-mime-request-handling –> “Always prompt for install”
2. chrome://extensions –> Enable developer mode
3. Drag-drop .crx from latest releases or “Load unpacked” –> extracted .crx

(Note: updated instructions can be accessed from chrome://ungoogled-first-run)

Extensions

• Bitwarden - password manager
• ClearURLs - cleans long “tracking” URLs
• Decentraleyes - local CDN
• DF YouTube - blocks YouTube dark patterns and garbage front page
• dotEPUB - epub conversion
• EpubPressX - epub conversion
  • Have not yet tested vs standard EpubPress
• SingleFile - HTML generator
• uBlock Origin - content blocker

Tagged: Configuration Privacy Security