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Artur Panteleev2014-04-30 20:25:18
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Artur Panteleev, 2014-04-30 20:25:18

How to secure your google account on someone else's ubuntu computer?

Everyone will accept, there is a computer on Ubuntu, for which I work outside the home, so not only I have access to it.
The thing is, I do need to sign in to Chrome, but I don't want this data to be public. I have superuser rights, but as far as I know, grub can reset all passwords. Who can offer what?

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Tolik, 2014-05-01
@arturpanteleev

As for encryption, you can only encrypt the config folder (~/.config/google-chrome, for example). Alternatively, this method

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larrabee, 2014-05-01
@larrabee

If you approach paronoidally, then do not log in at all, because. a keylogger, a trojan, or some other bug can be built into the OS. If you look more realistically, then, as already mentioned above, an encrypted profile and a strong password will be enough.

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Nikolay Shamanovich, 2014-04-30
@Shm13

Launch chrome incognito, then login. From the rude console, you can reset the root password if the disk is not encrypted.

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Vlad Zhivotnev, 2014-04-30
@inkvizitor68sl

Encrypt your home directory and always log out when you leave.

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