Chromebook For Dummies

Chapter 18

Supersizing Security

In This Chapter

Controlling who can access your Chromebook

Putting your screen under lock and key

Power-washing your Chromebook

Managing passwords

Before the Internet, when you heard discussions of security, it usually included physically locking doors, safes, cabinets, and so on. Increased security meant bigger safes with more complex locks. In today’s age, security is similar, only it involves ones and zeros. Everything must be password-protected and encrypted. Firewalls protect intruders from getting to your computer at home. SSL encryption ensures that the data you send over the Internet can’t be read if it’s intercepted. As our lives increasingly intersect with the Internet, security will increasingly become important.

The good news is that the Chromebook is an extremely secure device. It has to be! Chromebook is designed to ensure that the hardware and software are not compromised. When you turn on your Chromebook, the hardware checks itself to ensure no alterations have been made. As Chrome OS loads, it runs checks against the hardware and ...