Chromium calls home even in incognito mode with safe browsing turned off

Re:Chromium calls home even in incognito mode with safe brow... by bobbyi_settv on Thursday October 22, 2015 @01:41PM (#10433606)

Isn't also shortsighted to expect every application to implement its own system for checking for security updates? Wouldn't it be more secure to have this managed by the OS or a package manager instead of hoping every application does it correctly?

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Re:Chromium calls home even in incognito mode with safe brow... by mcherm on Thursday October 22, 2015 @02:36PM (#10434021)

That depends on whether the OS or package manager does a better job of providing security updates, or the application does.

Historically, browsers -- because of their enormous potential risk (easy to exploit) -- have done a better job of providing security updates quickly than have other tools.

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Re:Chromium calls home even in incognito mode with safe brow... by acdha on Thursday October 22, 2015 @03:20PM (#10434382)

That's only true if the OS has a solid, secure and open package manager. Linux users have had that since the mid-90s but it still doesn't exist for Windows or OS X users unless you count their respective app stores or are talking about a few niches (Flash, drivers) where Microsoft is willing to distribute things through Windows Update.

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