Chrome is introducing a series of safety updates that can improve your security while browsing online. In the release, Google announced new features such as protection from abusive notifications, limiting site permissions, and verifying extensions.
Chrome’s security monitor, Safety Check, now runs continuously in the background to make it easier for you to take action to protect yourself. The tool will let you know what actions it’s taking, including removing permissions from sites you no longer visit or sites where Google Safe Browsing thinks you’ve tricked it into giving you permission. It will also flag alerts that it thinks you might not want and notify you of security or other issues that require your attention. On your desktop, Safety Check will also warn you about Chrome extensions that may pose a risk.
Google is also reducing the number of permissions available to sites in Chrome for desktop and Android devices. The new features allow you to grant a site access to your microphone or camera just once, rather than always. Instead, you’ll have to ask for permission again the next time you use it. Additionally, Google is extending the ability to unsubscribe from sites with a single button in Chrome to other Android devices, not just Pixel devices.
