Since May 2020, Google Chrome it has a function referred to as “Enhanced Safe Browsing”. This provides us sooner safety in opposition to completely different threats that may attain us by means of harmful downloads, extensions or web sites. To do that, the browser sends Google every thing it considers harmful in order that the corporate’s techniques determine on safety.
What this navigation mode does is:
- Predict and warn of harmful occasions earlier than they happen.
- Protects Chrome and can be utilized to reinforce safety in different Google functions.
- Improves the general safety of customers on the community.
- Warns if a password has been uncovered in a database leak.
- Send the URLs to Google to confirm that they’re dependable.
- It hyperlinks the session information to our Google account when we log in with it on an internet site.
And, in addition to all this, now the “Enhanced Safe Browsing” of Google Chrome 91 (launched final week) goes to obtain two new security measures.
New warning when installing extensions in Chrome
The extensions of this browser are all the time downloaded from the Chrome Store. For safety causes, Chrome makes it troublesome to obtain and set up extensions from different sources. However, downloading extensions from this on-line retailer isn’t a assure of safety.
From now on, the improved protected shopping of Google Chrome will give us a brand new layer of safety in opposition to these malicious extensions. Enhanced Safe Browsing It can have a listing of protected and dependable builders in order that, if we obtain an extension from a developer that isn’t on this checklist, we are going to see a discover.
With this new system, new builders should earn the belief of Google by conserving their extensions, with out issues, for a couple of months. At that point, all of the extensions they publish will likely be thought of as untrustworthy.
Currently, 75% of the extensions presently obtainable in the Google retailer are dependable, however there’s nonetheless 25% which might be of uncertain reliability.
Improved safety when downloading files
Along with the earlier one, Google Chrome additionally has a further safety layer that can shield us from doubtlessly harmful downloads. Up to now, Google Safe Browsing was in a position to inform us that are the doubtless most harmful files and robotically locks them to keep away from compromising our safety.
Starting with Chrome 91, this safety goes up a notch. When we go down a doubtlessly harmful file, Chrome will enable us to ship it to Google’s servers for a way more exhaustive evaluation. If we determine to ship the file, it is going to be analyzed and, in a brief time period, will decide if the file is dependable or harmful.
Of course, as thus far, we are able to skip the message and proceed with the file obtain, though we do not suggest it.