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Disable Search Suggestion

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Chromium tries to guess what users are searching for when users enter search data in the search Omnibox. This should be disabled by setting SearchSuggestEnabled to false in the Chromium policy file.

Rationale

Search suggestion should be disabled as it could lead to searches being conducted that were never intended to be made.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_chromium_disable_search_suggestions
Severity
Unknown
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Shell Script

if ! grep -q SearchSuggestEnabled /etc/chromium/policies/managed/chrome_stig_policy.json; then
   sed -i -e '/{/a \  "'SearchSuggestEnabled'": 'false',' /etc/chromium/policies/managed/chrome_stig_policy.json
else
   sed -i -e 's/\"'SearchSuggestEnabled'.*/\"'SearchSuggestEnabled'\": 'false',/g' /etc/chromium/policies/managed/chrome_stig_policy.json
fi