Google Chrome: big security feature enables automatic security actions

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Google is updating Safety Check and improving the handling of site notifications and website permissions. It is also giving Chrome control over certain security features.

Google is rolling out a new security feature update for its Chrome browser that is designed to improve user safety while using the web browser.

The details:

• The security feature update is available for Google Chrome desktop and mobile.
  
• Safety Check is getting an update and automatic response feature.
  
• Support for one-time permissions.
  
• Easier notification unsubscribing.
  

Good to known: Safety Check and Secure Browsing are two security features of the Chrome browser. Safe Browsing runs real-time checks to mainly protect users against phishing sites and malicious sites. Safety Check on the other hand checks Chrome settings and features for security.

Safety Check may take actions on its own now


 
Safety Check debuted in 2019 in Chrome as a way to check whether stored passwords have been compromised. Called Password Leak Detection initially, it grew over the years into a tool with much wider competence.

Google enabled automatic background checks in late 2023 for desktop versions of the browser. This allowed the tool to perform regular scans on its own, similarly to how most antivirus solutions work.
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