

Strip binaries from the source tree, and use those provided by the system or build them from sourceĪdd, modify, or disable features that inhibit control and transparency (these changes are minor and do not have significant impacts on the general user experience) These components altogether strive to accomplish the following:ĭisable or remove offending services and features that communicate with Google or weaken privacy Ungoogled-chromium is a set of configuration flags, patches, and custom scripts.

Fortunately, the source code is available for everything. Even the final build output includes some pre-built binaries. Furthermore, the normal build process for Chromium involves running Google's own high-level commands that invoke many scripts and utilities, some of which download and use pre-built binaries provided by Google. Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google integration and enhancing privacy, control, and transparencyĪ number of features or background services communicate with Google servers despite the absence of an associated Google account or compiled-in Google API keys.
