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I understand there are security vulnerabilities exposed when WebRTC is enabled, so I would like to disable it in Chrome. How does one do that?

I thought I'd be able to do it under chrome://flags, which in v48 (64-bit) has the following entries...

  • Enable support for WebRTC Stun origin header (disabled)
  • Disable Delay Agnostic AEC in WebRTC (disabled)
  • Enable negotiation with DTLS 1.2 for WebRTC (disabled)
  • Disable support for WebRTC hardware video decoding.(unavailable experiment)
  • Disable support for WebRTC hardware video encoding. (unavailable experiment)

I've also tried the following chrome extensions without success

There's one more WebRTC Leak Prevent Toggle I didn't bother trying because it's made by the same company as the first, which didn't work.

Note: I'd like to add a new tag [WebRTC] but don't have enough points to do it. If someone else would please add that, I'd appreciate it :)

Chris Geirman
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  • Simply put; you can't; not without an add on [support article](https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/chrome/gJ8HF-yoG-Y) – Ramhound Mar 21 '16 at 21:46
  • Thanks @Ramhound, I went through that article as well. I've tried all the solutions they suggested (and updated my description), but nothing works. Do you know of an add on that actually works? – Chris Geirman Mar 21 '16 at 22:45
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    tag:webrtc created – DavidPostill Mar 21 '16 at 22:52
  • https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/forum/discussion/8204/how-to-stop-webrtc-local-ip-address-leaks-on-google-chrome-and-mozilla-firefox-while-using-private-i – Moab Mar 21 '16 at 23:38

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The only major security implication of WebRTC is that it can leak your IP address (both the private/internal an public/external).

It is not possible to disable WebRTC in the desktop version of Chrome, however you can use the WebRTC Block extension. (On Android there is a Disable WebRTC flag)

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