![]() If you deal with web sites where you have to authenticate yourself to gain access to certain functionality, that server needs to store your credentials (hopefully encrypted) locally. Sometimes, web sites are hacked and user credentials obtained. With that out of the way, let’s focus on what is possible. But, one of the products further below (xBrowserSync) does have this feature on its development roadmap – we will just have to be a wee bit patient. Let’s start with a disappointment: there is currently no Open Source solution available that lets you sync your browser history to a cloud server and then access that history in other browsers on other computers. ![]() I urge you to read that article before continuing below.īecause the remainder of this article will deal with: how do you sync, or save, your browser’s online passwords, your bookmarks and your history to a remote server? Using only open source tools? And in such a way that no one will be able to access these data unless you approve it? The browser that is provided by my “ chromium-ungoogled” package is as good as the original “ chromium” browser in terms of core functionality and perhaps it is even a tad faster than the original. I already wrote about “ un-Googled Chromium“, the browser which is stripped from everything that would attempt to connect to a Google service. But (again unfortunately) those sync solutions are fully entangled with their own browser products. The same is not possible for Chromium browsers unfortunately, although Brave and Vivaldi – two not completely open source Chromium derivatives – have developed their own cloud sync server implementations. You use Mozilla’s own cloud sync or else setup a Sync Server on a machine which is fully under your control. I will assume you are using Mozilla’s Firefox and that browser has its own open source cloud sync server. If you don’t use Chrome or Chromium, then this article is probably not relevant. Google took away this Chrome Sync from us Linux Chromium users, and it’s important to come with alternatives. Compiling the sources on Slackware allowed me to deal with some of the privacy concerns. The Chromium browser packages that have been provided in most Linux distros for many years, will lose a prime selling point (being able to sync your browser history, bookmarks and online passwords to the cloud securely) while Google will still be able to follow your browsing activities and monetize that data.įor many people (including myself) using Chromium, the ability to sync your private browser data securely to Google’s cloud and thus get a unified browser experience on all platforms (Linux, Android, Windows, Mac operating systems) certainly outweighed the potential monetary gain for Google by using a product with its origins in Google – like Chromium. All other Chromium-based software products are blocked from what Google calls “their private API services”.Īll non-Google-controlled 3rd parties providing software binaries based on the Chromium source code are affected, not just my Slackware package. I’d like to remind you that after 15 March 2021 the Chrome Sync service provided by Google’s cloud infrastructure will only be accessible by Google’s own (partly closed-source) Chrome browser. If you run into anything that is not clear, or does not work for you, please let me know in the comments section! ![]() Migrating your Chromium bookmarks into a bookmark server under your control.Migrating your Chromium passwords into a central password database under your control.Syncing your browser’s bookmarks to a central location under your control.Securely syncing your browser’s online passwords to (and retrieving them from) a central location under your control.The article is divided into a couple of main sections: It is fairly large and I hope it is written well enough that you can follow the explanations and examples and are able to implement this yourself. The best I've found is some plugin called "Click & Clean", but that requires the user to click - I want the data to be deleted automatically when the browser is closed.Īn option should exist (maybe next to the Chromium settings -> Clear browsing data) to clean all data every time Chromium closes.Īdd any other context or screenshots about the feature request here.I had promised to write a follow-up article about my journey to find a good alternative for the “Chrome Sync” feature that used to be available in my Chromium packages for Slackware. One reason I don't use chromium is because I could never find a clear way to delete everything when I close the browser, like firefox has.įor example, in Firefox, I can go into the Firefox settings -> Privacy & Security -> History -> Check "Clear history when Firefox closes" -> Settings -> choose all ofĪFAICT, there is no way to have Chromium delete all of this data (with the exception of cookies) when it closes. Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. ![]()
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