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Disable Location Tracking

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Location tracking is enabled by default and can track user's browsing habits. Location tracking should be disabled by setting DefaultGeolocationSetting to 2 in the Chromium policy file.

Rationale

Website tracking is the practice of gathering information as to which websites were accesses by a browser. The common method of doing this is to have a website create a tracking cookie on the browser. If the information of what sites are being accessed is made available to unauthorized persons, this violates confidentiality requirements, and over time poses a significant OPSEC issue.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_chromium_disallow_location_tracking
Severity
Unknown
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Shell Script

if ! grep -q DefaultGeolocationSetting /etc/chromium/policies/managed/chrome_stig_policy.json; then
   sed -i -e '/{/a \  "'DefaultGeolocationSetting'": '2',' /etc/chromium/policies/managed/chrome_stig_policy.json
else
   sed -i -e 's/\"'DefaultGeolocationSetting'.*/\"'DefaultGeolocationSetting'\": '2',/g' /etc/chromium/policies/managed/chrome_stig_policy.json
fi