Privacy settings in Google Chrome

After reading up on Chrome's enterprise policies, I have identified the most important settings relevant to privacy. If you are building an MDM solution in Europe and want to incorporate privacy by default, these are the settings you want to consider. MetricsReportingEnabledEnable reporting of usage and crash-related data Should be set to false, to prevent … Continue reading Privacy settings in Google Chrome

MDM privacy settings for macOS and common applications

The GDPR and information security concerns is causing organizations to become more aware of the different privacy settings in macOS and common applications. Maximum privacy settings should already be default in Europe under GDPR regulations, at least if one is to believe the Irish Computer Society: "Privacy by Default means that once a product or … Continue reading MDM privacy settings for macOS and common applications

Preloading the Chrome bookmarks bar with Office 365 links and favicons

There are two kinds of Chrome MDM settings: hard and soft ones. Or user-unmodifiable and user-modifiable, if you like. Hard settings can be set using a configuration profile, using the Chromium policy list as a reference. Soft settings are often set using a list of master preferences. The latter isn't very well documented, and if … Continue reading Preloading the Chrome bookmarks bar with Office 365 links and favicons