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ChromeOS makes OS updates seamless and completely transparent to the users. There are no Patch-Tuesdays in ChromeOS worl...
21/11/2022

ChromeOS makes OS updates seamless and completely transparent to the users. There are no Patch-Tuesdays in ChromeOS world and certainly no service-packs either. However, if you have more than a few 100 Chromebooks in your network, understanding what releases are rolling out, and when is important. This can become very handy when you troubleshoot user-issues. Chrome on all platforms Most organizations which have ChromeOS devices, tend to also have other devices running Chrome....

ChromeOS makes OS updates seamless and completely transparent to the users. There are no Patch-Tuesdays in ChromeOS world and certainly no service-packs

Chrome M107 is already rolling out. ChromeOS is listed as rolled out, but so far none of the devices yet have M107. This...
26/10/2022

Chrome M107 is already rolling out. ChromeOS is listed as rolled out, but so far none of the devices yet have M107. This is normal and I expect the OS rollout to start over the next few days. Mac and Windows however are at 10% rollout already. This means that one in every 10 update request will get the update. This slow rollout is intentional with the goal of making sure there are no new issues introduced with these releases....

Chrome M107 is already rolling out. ChromeOS is listed as rolled out, but so far none of the devices yet have M107. This is normal and I expect the OS rollout

Most of you would already know that Google supports Chromebooks with 7 to 8 years with OS updates. This is one of the si...
23/10/2022

Most of you would already know that Google supports Chromebooks with 7 to 8 years with OS updates. This is one of the sites which can be used to quickly find Chromebook AUE dates for your devices. If your organization is buying a lot of Chromebooks, you may need to think ahead about how to keep repair costs down to make the initial investment worthwhile in the long run....

Most of you would already know that Google supports Chromebooks with 7 to 8 years with OS updates. This is one of the sites which can be used to quickly find

Eight years ago, 50% of the traffic to Google was in HTTP. Today Google boasts of over 95% of the traffic being secured ...
19/10/2022

Eight years ago, 50% of the traffic to Google was in HTTP. Today Google boasts of over 95% of the traffic being secured by HTTPS. This unprecedented transition required a lot of industry-wide partnerships across multiple organizations. Source: The biggest change I noticed was on Chrome on Android which moved from 29% to 96% HTTPS in the same period. I suspect the changes here were made through Chrome and Android changes over the years, and while Google hasn't been able to move the ecosystem to 100% HTTPS, thats pretty darn close....

Eight years ago, 50% of the traffic to Google was in HTTP. Today Google boasts of over 95% of the traffic being secured by HTTPS. This unprecedented

Google today announced that just like its certification for Professional Workspace admin its now launching a certificati...
18/10/2022

Google today announced that just like its certification for Professional Workspace admin its now launching a certification for ChromeOS Administrators which would be specifically designed for ChromeOS experts to demonstrate that they can do all of the critical tasks needed to manage a ChromeOS fleet at scale. Here is the kicker, the $125 registration fee is free until Jan 2024 !...

Google today announced that just like its certification for Professional Workspace admin its now launching a certification for ChromeOS Administrators which

If you follow this blog, you already know that ChromeOS updates roll out every 4 weeks. You should also know that there ...
09/10/2022

If you follow this blog, you already know that ChromeOS updates roll out every 4 weeks. You should also know that there are 6 different channels available and as a ChromeOS admin there may be a need for you to use more than one channels in your organization. While all channels officially progress every four weeks, they all have varying update frequency....

If you follow this blog, you already know that ChromeOS updates roll out every 4 weeks. You should also know that there are 6 different channels available and

Chrome has revolutionized how security and feature updates are pushed to users. Up until Chrome M94 release, Chrome used...
07/10/2022

Chrome has revolutionized how security and feature updates are pushed to users. Up until Chrome M94 release, Chrome used to update the binaries every 6 weeks, but since then they have moved to updating the browser every 4 weeks instead. This allows Google to push out security and feature updates much more rapidly. For more than a decade, Chrome has shipped a new milestone every 6 weeks, delivering security, stability, speed and simplicity to our users and the web....

For Enterprises, Google provides a new Channel called "Extended Stable Refresh" which is updates every 8 weeks instead of 4. If you review the Chrome Update

Google released a series of Youtube videos earlier today to give the public a view of the threats and challenges it face...
04/10/2022

Google released a series of Youtube videos earlier today to give the public a view of the threats and challenges it faces on daily basis and how it investigates, prevents and protects its infrastructure to keep its employees, users and their data protected day after day. The series starts with the background of how Google was attacked by China in its episode about…...

Google released a series of Youtube videos earlier today to give the public a view of the threats and challenges it faces on daily basis and how it

You may have a hard time finding a non-HTTPS site today, but it was not too long ago when the default was HTTP. Sites li...
29/09/2022

You may have a hard time finding a non-HTTPS site today, but it was not too long ago when the default was HTTP. Sites like Facebook and Google were available without HTTPS/SSL for anyone in the network path to sniff and inject traffic into (even steal passwords and cookies). ISPs in particular loved to know what you were searching for, and loved even more to inject javascripts to show advertisements onto any page you were browsing....

HSTS (HTTP Strict Transfer Security) was initially proposed by the IETF as RFC 6797 back in 2012. It was a policy mechanism designed specifically to protect

Last month security researchers from Microsoft reported and worked with Google to fix a memory corruption vulnerability ...
28/09/2022

Last month security researchers from Microsoft reported and worked with Google to fix a memory corruption vulnerability in a ChromeOS component that could be triggered remotely. I would recommend you to read the whole post on Microsoft's site, but the part which brought a smile to my face from that report is the section where they said... In terms of security, ChromeOS is well ...

Last month security researchers from Microsoft reported and worked with Google to fix a memory corruption vulnerability in a ChromeOS component that could be

Chrome M106 is starting to rollout today. Mac OS is getting M106 at 10% rollout at this moment, which means 1 in every 1...
28/09/2022

Chrome M106 is starting to rollout today. Mac OS is getting M106 at 10% rollout at this moment, which means 1 in every 10 update requests from the AutoUpdate engine would get a M106 update payload. While I don't see ChromeOS move to M106 yet, we should see it soon. Its typical for ChromeOS to be a few days behind Mac/Windows rollout which moves much faster....

Chrome M106 is starting to rollout today.

Chrome team made an interesting post yesterday where they highlighted some interesting facts of how they manage to updat...
27/09/2022

Chrome team made an interesting post yesterday where they highlighted some interesting facts of how they manage to update Chrome for billions of users week after week. None of this should be a surprise to those who watch my block, but here are the top four take aways They emphasized that there are multiple Chrome Channels and they listen to feedback from users as code changes move from one channel to the next…...

Chrome team made an interesting post yesterday where they highlighted some interesting facts of how they manage to update Chrome for billions of users week

Chromebooks are cheap enough that its typically not shared by multiple users. At my home, we have a few shared Chromeboo...
27/09/2022

Chromebooks are cheap enough that its typically not shared by multiple users. At my home, we have a few shared Chromebooks which are used by kids and as a policy I've created an account for everyone of them on every device. Chromebook's shareable capabilities are often overlooked and this post will help you understand your options if you want to setup Chromebooks for sharing....

Chromebooks are cheap enough that its typically not shared by multiple users. At my home, we have a few shared Chromebooks which are used by kids and as a

Debugging why a device is not enforcing certain policies can sometimes be painful. This tutorial should help you speed t...
25/09/2022

Debugging why a device is not enforcing certain policies can sometimes be painful. This tutorial should help you speed this up. ChromeOS, unlike most other operating systems, doesn't give you too many ways to look at system settings using a shell/script. But what you can do is look at its policies using the browser. You can do this by going to…...

Debugging why a device is not enforcing certain policies can sometimes be painful. This tutorial should help you speed this up.

Publishing on the web is so easy that everyone and their grandma can do it. The harder part is to secure that server and...
23/09/2022

Publishing on the web is so easy that everyone and their grandma can do it. The harder part is to secure that server and making sure the version of the content on the clients device is not hacked. There are a few different reasons why App developers still prefer Android and iOS today They are usually more compatible with mobile devices…...

As an example, it may be interesting to know that Meta had to work extensively with Cloudflare to ensure that Whatsapp's code wasn't modified before it was

Tracking "time" is one of the most fundamental features of every computing device today, but unfortunately it doesn't ge...
18/09/2022

Tracking "time" is one of the most fundamental features of every computing device today, but unfortunately it doesn't get enough recognition. The massive effort towards the end of the last century to address the Y2K problem did bring some of this in the forefront, but the explosion of internet has brought on new challenges which doesn't get talked about as much....

Tracking "time" is one of the most fundamental features of every computing device today, but unfortunately it doesn't get enough recognition. The massive

One of the reasons I love ChromeOS is because its open source. Its so open, that Google encourages folks to openly hack ...
17/09/2022

One of the reasons I love ChromeOS is because its open source. Its so open, that Google encourages folks to openly hack it as well. And it pays experts reporting good reproducible security bugs. But more importantly each and everyone of those security bug reports makes the OS more secure. One of the best examples of such bugs was published in great detail today as…...

One of the reasons I love ChromeOS is because its open source. Its so open, that Google encourages folks to openly hack it as well. And it pays experts

ChromeOS team announced today that ChromeOS is about to start moving to its second LTS version release with M102. The re...
17/09/2022

ChromeOS team announced today that ChromeOS is about to start moving to its second LTS version release with M102. The release is expected to start rolling out on Monday, Sep 19th. But while it prepares for this change, we noticed one odd thing. The ChromeOS files don't list LTS versions for any boards at this point. We have filed a bug…...

ChromeOS team announced today that ChromeOS is about to start moving to its second LTS version release with M102. The release is expected to start rolling out

If you have watching the Chrome M105 rollout, you will notice that there are two different versions of Chrome M105 rolli...
14/09/2022

If you have watching the Chrome M105 rollout, you will notice that there are two different versions of Chrome M105 rolling out at the same time for Mac. If you add up the percentages it will all add up to 100%. Depending on which bucket a client falls in, you will probably get one of the 2 versions. Its unclear why there are two versions available....

If you have watching the Chrome M105 rollout, you will notice that there are two different versions of Chrome M105 rolling out at the same time for Mac. If

Chrome 105 is now fully rolled out to all platforms There are a few exceptions HP Chromebook x360 11 G1, HP Chromebook 1...
11/09/2022

Chrome 105 is now fully rolled out to all platforms There are a few exceptions HP Chromebook x360 11 G1, HP Chromebook 14 G5, HP Chromebook 11 G6 still on 103.0.5060.177 These are 2 Major versions behind which is a concern. I'm hoping they will move to M105 soon. HP Elite Dragonfly, is still on 104.0.5112.36 Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5…...

Chrome 105 is now fully rolled out to all platforms There are a few exceptions HP Chromebook x360 11 G1, HP Chromebook 14 G5, HP Chromebook 11 G6 still on

ChromeOS is one of the very few operating systems, which silently auto-updates itself every couple of weeks without expl...
10/09/2022

ChromeOS is one of the very few operating systems, which silently auto-updates itself every couple of weeks without explicitly notifying or seeking permission from the user. Its able to do so because its designed to be quick, efficient and 100% fail-proof. This post will go into the details of those key design elements and how its revolutionizing how modern internet connected devices should update....

ChromeOS is one of the very few operating systems, which silently auto-updates itself every couple of weeks without explicitly notifying or seeking permission

Chrome 105 launched last week across multiple platforms and its packed with a lot of changes. I'll provide some guidance...
04/09/2022

Chrome 105 launched last week across multiple platforms and its packed with a lot of changes. I'll provide some guidance on how to do an impact assessment of a Chrome release, and as an example we will go over the 105 release notes to show how I reviewed it. Generally I look at every Chrome launch with 4 lenses which are as following: …...

Chrome 105 launched last week across multiple platforms and its packed with a lot of changes. I'll provide some guidance on how to do an impact assessment of

Building a cheap Digital Signage device is easy, but building one which can be deployed and managed at scale is the key ...
28/08/2022

Building a cheap Digital Signage device is easy, but building one which can be deployed and managed at scale is the key to success. ChromeOS allows you to do exactly that with the right set of tools and knowledge. I'm going to show you how to build a simple signage app which would show ChromeOS Update tracker using the ChromeOS management features....

https://www.flagthis.com/digital-signage-at-scale-using-chromeos/

Building a cheap Digital Signage device is easy, but building one which can be deployed and managed at scale is the key to success. ChromeOS allows you to do

When you are running ChromeOS fleet at "Enterprise Scale" one of the biggest challenges is understanding what versions y...
14/08/2022

When you are running ChromeOS fleet at "Enterprise Scale" one of the biggest challenges is understanding what versions your devices are on. And while you can control them using Enterprise management controls, knowing exactly what is available for which device is not always easy. To solve this, and to make it simpler for you all to do this, I've created a…...

https://www.flagthis.com/latest-chromeos-rollout-status/

ChromeOS version rollout tracker allows you to check the latest status of Chrome rollout and allow you to compare it across the different devices in your fleet.

Chromebooks abstract out a lot of complexity from the end users and have made it easy for someone new to use it. ChromeO...
07/08/2022

Chromebooks abstract out a lot of complexity from the end users and have made it easy for someone new to use it. ChromeOS AutoUpdate infrastructure does the same for IT Admins, who are responsible for managing OS updates to the ChromeOS devices. The focus on security, speed and usability has made ChromeOS to be one of the most frequently updated Operating Systems in the world....

https://www.flagthis.com/important-chromeos-autoupdate-controls/

Chromebooks abstract out a lot of complexity from the end users and have made it easy for someone new to use it. ChromeOS AutoUpdate infrastructure does the

If you are new to ChromeOS and Google Workspace, setting up the Chrome device policies for the first time may be a daunt...
07/08/2022

If you are new to ChromeOS and Google Workspace, setting up the Chrome device policies for the first time may be a daunting task. I'll guide you through the steps you should take to setup your environment and make recommendations on what you should setup first. Prerequisites You should be an "Admin" on a working Workspace Domain which has the users who would be using the Chromebooks....

https://www.flagthis.com/managing-chromebooks-at-scale-with-ease/

If you are new to ChromeOS and Google Workspace, setting up the Chrome device policies for the first time may be a daunting task. I'll guide you through the

Chrome browsers use "Chrome Sync" to constantly sync most of the critical user settings/bookmarks with the Cloud and thi...
31/07/2022

Chrome browsers use "Chrome Sync" to constantly sync most of the critical user settings/bookmarks with the Cloud and this is what allows users to switch between Chromebooks and still allow them to continue where they left off. You can also choose to use Google Drive instead of local Download folder to sync files to the cloud as well. But, the user data in the "Crostini" side of Chromebook is not currently synced with the cloud and it may never be in future....

https://www.chromedevice.com/blog/2022/07/31/syncing-crostini-user-data-between-multiple-chromebooks-using-unison/

But, the user data in the "Crostini" side of Chromebook is not currently synced with the cloud and it may never be in future. But you can do it all yourself

31/07/2022

Chrome release summary - version 103 [Source] Chrome browser updates Security User productivity/ Apps Management Private extensions using Manifest V2 no longer accepted in the Chrome Web Store in June 2022 ✓ Chrome on Windows uses built-in DNS client by default ✓ Release of Speculation Rules API for prerender on Android ✓ Local Fonts Access API ✓ Unified password manager on Android…...

https://www.chromedevice.com/blog/2022/06/30/chrome-enterprise-release-notes-version-103/

Chrome release summary - version 103 Chrome browser updates Security User productivity/ Apps Management Private extensions using Manifest V2 no longer

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