Android, how to disable chrome notifications?

slymp
slymp Posts: 7 Explorer
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I use grapheneOS. I don't have Chrome installed. I have Brave and Firefox. Fsecure keeps warning me chrome protection is off, and it's a bit annoying.

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  • TVC15
    TVC15 Posts: 287 Rising Star
    edited October 16

    Hello @slymp

    I'm posting using Android v16 and F-Secure Total with VPN v26.8.1140547.

    Chrome was enabled, so I disabled it from the main UI settings - Scam Protection - Chrome Protection - gear settings icon at the top right - Chrome Protection Off, which disables all the other Chrome settings as well.

    I opened Brave, let the phone sit for awhile, to see if F-Secure would catch that Chrome had been disabled, did two restarts and still haven't received a notice.

    Maybe it's how Graphene and F-Secure don't hand shake in the same way as with Android, as Graphene is not an officially supported OS, so it could be breaking, glitching out some functionality.

    Which platforms are supported?

    Total supports Windows 11, Windows 10 version 22H2 or later, Windows on ARM64 version 24H2 or later, macOS 13 (Ventura) or later, iOS 18 or later, and Android 12 or later. Intel-based and Apple silicon Macs are both supported. 32-bit Windows systems are not supported. Doro devices are not supported.

    https://www.kb.f-secure.com/s/article/How-to-install-the-F-Secure-app-on-iOS-Android-devices?language=en_US

    Kind regards.

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  • slymp
    slymp Posts: 7 Explorer

    Hi,

    Thanks. Sorry for the late response!

    I'm not sure if this is a grapheneOS problem. It's really "choose my browsers" - one of which could be Chrome, regardless of the OS. That should be the feature I think. And if you don't support that browser, that's fine. But it's a bit annoying for the app to continually warn me 10 times a day that I'm not protected.

    On my phone, chrome has not been disabled, it is not installed. That may be a reason you aren't receiving notices...

    Cheers!

    Steve

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