How to enable Site Isolation security feature on Android
Google integrates Site Isolation feature, or Strict Site Isolation, a security feature from Chrome 63 but not enabled by default to the Chrome 67 version. The company said it has enabled this feature on 99% of the installation Chrome desktop version 67. The remaining 1% is used to monitor activity and detect errors.
Google plans to turn on Site Isolation for Chrome on Android but has not revealed which version will turn on by default. Business users can turn on Site Isolation on Chrome 68 for Android, and can also turn on manually.
How to turn on Site Isolation on Chrome for Android
First of all, please note that Site Isolation will consume more browser memory and Google also said that they will have to fix some problems, but do not specify any specific problems with Chrome on Android.
These are steps to turn on Site Isolation security feature of Chrome on Android.
- Step 1 : Open Google Chrome on your Android device.
- Step 2 : If you are unsure of the current version, select Menu > Help & Feedback > Menu > Version Info.
- Step 3 : Type chrome: // flags / # enable-site-per-process into the browser address bar.
- Step 4 : Set the status to this feature to be enabled (Enabled).
- Step 5 : Restart the browser.
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Site Isolation will be activated on Chrome after you restart. You can turn this feature off with the same steps but switch to Disabled. If something goes wrong, turn it off and use it normally.
Site Isolation increases memory usage on Chrome because it needs more processes. Google's benchmark benchmark also shows that using Site Isolation on the desktop makes the memory used increase from 10 to 13%.
If you use Firefox, don't forget that the browser has the same feature called First-Party Isolation.
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