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title: "Is a Chromebook safe?"  
description: "Is a Chromebook safe?"  
author: "Sanjay Goenka"  
published: 2022-05-10  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97267/is-a-chromebook-safe  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting", "chromebook"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Is a Chromebook safe?

Is a Chromebook [safe](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/126322/how-to-keep-your-home-safe-while-traveling)?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

- Chrome OS is built on Linux, which is one of the most secure operating systems available. Because [**Linux**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49865/do-mac-games-run-on-linux) is open-source, anyone can contribute to its development. More people working on it increases the likelihood of flaws being discovered and repaired before they cause problems.
- Chrome offers the strongest security of any operating system on the market by adopting Linux as a blueprint.
- Furthermore, **Chromebooks i**nclude a number of security features, each of which is powerful on its own but also designed to complement the others, resulting in multi-layered protection.

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