British secret service has concerns with Chrome OS

The British secret service expressed reservations about the security of Chrome OS, the Google operating system that, among others, on Chromebooks is used. According to the GCHQ, the encryption is not good enough; the same applies to the vpn client.

The vpn client Chrome OS does not support certain measures that can be expected of secure vpn’s, ” writes a section of the GCHQ British government agencies and companies advises about computer security. So, for example, ‘traffic sent to Google before the vpn connection is enabled’, which means that data can leak out. It is not possible to make a other vpn client to install, enhances the service.

Also the encryption of the Chrome OS is according to the secret service is not optimal. According to the service lacks functionality that may be expected of encryption, but what that is exactly, remains unnamed. In addition, there is no limit on the number of login sequences as a user the screen has locked but not logged out. Therefore, there is a greater risk that the password can be guessed, draws the secret service.

Finally, leaning Chrome OS heavily on Google’s servers. To login to a device is done via a Google login and also the management of devices is done via an admin console of Google, draws the service.

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