Turning off content & privacy restrictions causes chrome to not work

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Turning off content & privacy restrictions causes chrome to not work

I finally recently downloaded macOS Big Sur 11.1 and ever since then chrome seems to be broken unless the screen time content restrictions are on and not set to unrestricted access. I'm not quite sure why this is but if I turn off the restrictions any page I try to load on chrome comes up with:

ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

It then says to check proxy and firewall settings but that doesn't seem to affect it. Is there anything I can do to resolve this issue? When the content restrictions are off safari still works as normal so I'm not really sure what the issue is.

MacBook Pro

Posted on Dec 29, 2020 10:44 AM

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Answer 1

Dec 31, 2020 12:57 PM in response to mc_ch4zz4

Hello mc_ch4zz4,

Thank you for participating in the Apple Support Communities! We understand that you're encountering an error when attempting to use Chrome unless you have Screen Time enabled on your Mac. We'd be happy to help take a closer look.

To help further isolate potential causes, could you test if this behavior occurs in another user account? If you don't have another user account, here's how you can set one up for testing:

Set up users, guests and groups on Mac - Apple Support

Take care.

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Old Toad

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Dec 31, 2020 1:40 PM in response to mc_ch4zz4

Some food for thought:

Chrome is Bad

Video demonstrating above

Google Chrome Listening In To Your Room Shows The Importance Of Privacy Defense In Depth.

Unseen Burdens in Chrome That Can Lead a Mac to Lag

How to Manage the Secret Software That Google Chrome Installs on Your Mac\

Google Chrome's Sham 'Do Not Track' Feature

Google is known to "phone home" with users data as was found out with this new Google Photos service: Google Photos may be free — but there's still a cost.

If you don't like Safari give Firefox a try. It's much more secure and safe.

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