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How do I make embedded chromium browser only request traffic I tell it to?

TrustedComputer | Last updated: Sep 14, 2020 06:55PM UTC

Whenever I fire up the embedded browser in Kali Linux, chromium contaminates the HTTP history with useless traffic trying to phone home to Google for various updates/checks/account/sync whatever. And I don't mean javascript in other sites or anything like that. I can just let it sit there after launching it, not doing anything at all and it just goes to google over and over and over again, seemingly on a schedule. Is there any way to shut that down? Maybe by hacking its settings? And if so, shouldn't that be how the embedded browser gets packaged up? It's not intended to be used as a general purpose browser so this traffic is not just pointless, it makes it difficult to find the actual traffic I'm proxying.

TrustedComputer | Last updated: Sep 14, 2020 06:57PM UTC

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TrustedComputer | Last updated: Sep 14, 2020 07:10PM UTC

I tried changing some of these settings in Chromium, but everything goes back to the default if I shut BurpSuite down and bring it back up again. Burp Suite Community Edition v2020.9.1 Build 3995, installed via apt.

TrustedComputer | Last updated: Sep 14, 2020 10:36PM UTC

I found the concept of scope (dropping out of scope requests) and how I can use that in the future, but I would still like to know if there could be a way to stop it at the source.

Michelle, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Sep 15, 2020 09:04AM UTC

We have a development story to reduce noise from browsers in the proxy. We'll update this thread when we have made some progress.

Ben, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Feb 10, 2021 11:09AM UTC