Stop google Chrome cron job?

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Tue, 2023-05-09 at 13:24 -0500, user1996 wrote:
> Uninstall Chrome and use a different browser. Then see if the Cron job
> comes back. 
> 
> This is why people try to stick to open source software solutions and
> avoid using big tech.

Hi,

I've got chromium, google-chrome and microsoft-edge-beta on Arch Linux
installed. There's no chronjob whatsoever. However, I usually run
waterfox and firefox. When taking a look at about:config I see countless
items sharing data with Google. Even librewolf and icecat do the same.
I've got a trusted shops extension installed. Something does always mine
and misuse data as soon as you use a web browser, even if you don't
share data with Google or by something like a trusted shops extension.

What browser do you recommend? Dillo, or maybe a command line browser or
else? If so, is the sandboxing they provide, if they do this at all,
that safe as the measures chrome based browsers provide? Are those
browsers as usable as all the fishy big browsers are?

Seemingly the chronejob is related to work around a pitfall that is
related to the distribution. 

On Tue, 2023-05-09 at 21:54 +0100, Colin Law wrote:
> On Tue, 9 May 2023 at 18:56, Stuart McGraw <smcg4191 at mtneva.com> wrote:
> > Is my PC now Pwned by Google?
> 
> # It creates the repository configuration file for package updates, and it
> # monitors that config to see if it has been disabled by the overly aggressive
> # distro upgrade process (e.g.  intrepid -> jaunty).

Regards,
Ralf