Privacy friendly Chromium settings

Un-checking options in the Privacy is a good idea if privacy is a primary concern.

To prevent "New tab" from making any outbound network connection, you can select any search engine other then Google. You can even create a fake search engine using the about:blank page, which will be used when creating a "New tab".

If ever you keep Google as the default search engine, you can still use µMatrix to prevent outbound connections from the "New tab" page.

Note that whatever you choose, you can always prefix your search in the address bar with the name of a specific search engine, press , then type whatever search expression in order to use a specific search engine without having to change anything in Settings.