A Chromium-based browser that supports Chromium extensions such as Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge must be used. If the computer hosts remote access, such as for remote support and system administration, a server package is downloaded. The client software is also available on Android and iOS. The browser must support WebRTC and other unspecified 'modern web platform features'. The Chrome Remote Desktop client was originally a Chrome extension from the Chrome Web Store requiring Google Chrome the extension is deprecated, and a web portal is available at.

Note that Chrome Remote Desktop uses a unique protocol, as opposed to using the common Remote Desktop Protocol (developed by Microsoft ). This feature therefore consists of a server component for the host computer, and a client component on the computer accessing the remote server. The protocol transmits the keyboard and mouse events from the client to the server, relaying the graphical screen updates back in the other direction over a computer network. Maybe the Sync capability is incompatible with the Privacy requirement, I don't know.ChromeOS, Linux (beta), macOS, iOS, Windows, AndroidĬhrome Remote Desktop is a remote desktop software tool, developed by Google, that allows a user to remotely control another computer's desktop through a proprietary protocol also developed by Google, internally called Chromoting. I'd like the browser to be responsive to input though, and render pages fast(ish). My laptop is a Ryzen 5500 w/16GB RAM, desktop a Xeon w/64GB RAM, so memory hogs aren't really too much of a concern. Memory not such a big requirement, but fast is. Not that I'm doing anything nefarious, just the thin edge of the wedge, ya know. I need to sync at least my passwords across 2 linux computers and my windows machine, so I can not think about 'strong' passwords. I'd like to use the same browser at work under Windows as I do at home under Linux To that end, I think it's time to reevaluate which browser I'm using. I have been using Chrome for a while now, but am becoming increasingly concerned by (maybe vague) reports of its security being an issue.

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