Google Chrome OS May be the Safer Option for Netbook Users
Google Chrome OS May be the Safer Option for Netbook Users
Posted 03/09/2010 at 6:26am
| by Paul Lilly
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In the not too distant future, you'll start to see netbooks running Google's Chrome OS. How popular the OS turns out to be remains to be seen, but one thing's for sure - Google appears to be taking a pretty serious approach to system security.
According to Will Drewry, a Google software security engineer, all of the Google Netbook products will ship with the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) installed to ensure security in key storage and multi-factor authentication. This in addition to the "trusted bootpath."
By keeping Chrome OS open source, Drewry said it allows for constant feedback from developers about its security design. He also referred to Chrome as a "hardened" OS, pointing out the auto-updating and sandbox features, both of which are intended to keep malware at bay.
Will Chrome OS live up to the hype? We'll find out soon enough, as the first Google Netbook is expected to ship later this year.
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Baer
March 09, 2010 at 9:06am
A netbook is after all only a netbook. If it gets infected I would just reload it. After all, it is not a serious workstation. Besides, Chrome is not a serious OS, just a web portal and even with a wimpy netbook I still want to be able to do and use my normal apps.
TechJunkie
March 09, 2010 at 8:09am
Chrome OS is nothing more than a cloud portal. There is nothing about google's OS that makes me wet my pants...or even makes it a little soggy. I'll stick with a tried and true OS for my netbook because then, I can work, play, or do just about anything my not so soggy pants wants to do without being connected to the internet to retrieve my files.
thesmilies
March 09, 2010 at 5:26pm
Wow, what a change from Dember 29th:
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/chrome_os_may_become_hackers_favorite_prey_2010_says_mcafee
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