A change in Chromium ensures that the browser no longer starts with elevated privileges by default.
To check your email or type an online document, you don’t need to be logged in as an administrator. Yet many users work in an administrator account by default, which increases the risk of malware. Google is now addressing this problem in Chrome, with a security adjustment that prevents the browser from starting with administrator rights.
Edge Was First
In the future, Chrome will automatically restart itself without elevated privileges if you open it with administrator rights. Microsoft’s own Edge browser has been doing this since 2019. The code that restarts Edge without certain privileges has now been transferred back to Chromium, the foundation of both Edge and Chrome. This means that Chrome will soon use this functionality as well. This makes the browser safer, without users noticing anything.
Chrome will receive an additional command line when restarting, preventing an endless restart loop. Automated processes, such as software that uses Chrome in the background, are also excluded from the restriction.
Safer Browser
For ordinary users, nothing visibly changes, except that their system becomes safer. It’s not yet known when the update will be released, but this year seems realistic. Until then, use administrator rights as little as possible when browsing.
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