Open a Chrome window with a temporary profile and several security checks disabled.
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# Author: Riyad Preukschas <riyad@informatik.uni-bremen.de> | |
# License: Mozilla Public License 2.0 | |
# | |
# Loads an unsafe (i.e. with several security features disabled) instance of | |
# Chrome with a temporary profile (i.e. all data is lost once Chrome is closed) | |
chrome-unsafe() { | |
# for Homebrew Cask (see http://caskroom.io/) compatibility | |
local -a CHROME_PATHS | |
CHROME_PATHS=( \ | |
"/opt/homebrew-cask/Caskroom/google-chrome-dev/latest/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome" \ | |
"/opt/homebrew-cask/Caskroom/google-chrome/latest/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome" \ | |
"/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome" \ | |
"chrome" \ | |
"chromium" \ | |
) | |
local CHROME="${CHROME_PATHS[1]}" | |
while [[ -n CHROME_PATHS ]] && ! type ${CHROME} > /dev/null; do | |
shift CHROME_PATHS | |
CHROME="${CHROME_PATHS[1]}" | |
done | |
local DATA_DIR="$(mktemp -d -t 'chrome-unsafe_data_dir.XXXXXXXXXX')" | |
# for a listing of command line switches see: | |
# https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/ | |
"${CHROME}" \ | |
--disable-bundled-ppapi-flash \ | |
--disable-popup-blocking \ | |
--disable-sync \ | |
--disable-web-security \ | |
--ignore-certificate-errors \ | |
--no-default-browser-check \ | |
--no-first-run \ | |
--non-secure \ | |
--user-data-dir="${DATA_DIR}" \ | |
$@ >/dev/null 2>&1 &! | |
# for now the window will not be brought to the front | |
} |
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If you use oh my ZSH you can save this file in
~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/chrome-unsafe/chrome-unsafe.plugin.zsh
and addchrome-unsafe
to your list of used plugins in~/.zshrc