Google’s secure focus
Still, Google has a good chance of integrating AI more safely into Chromebook than a competitor like, say, Microsoft, does with Windows machines, because it has full control over the technology, observed Bradley Shimmin, chief analyst of AI platforms, analytics, and data management for research firm Omdia.
“Google really owns the laptop as it sits on the user’s desktop, in terms of how software runs on that machine,” he said. “This allows the company to provide a much better security profile than other systems.”
Google also requires that all ChromeOS devices use secure boot, which means that every time the machine boots up, it’s guaranteed to run without any malware that could possibly have been picked up beforehand, he noted. Moreover, the OS uses strong sandboxing for each app/web to prevent any in-app exposure to risk, Shimmin said.
