And the impact was even worse for enterprise users. It appears that the April Windows update KB5025221 had an unexpected effect on Chrome browsers, writes Gizmodo.
Not surprisingly, the borked feature was a button that allowed users to switch their default browser with a single click. Edge browser war has seen Microsoft issue a Windows update that caused a Chrome function to break. Malicious advertisements, among other attack vectors, can even send junk from respectable sites.Ĭhrome will only filter out "commonly abused file types," for now, but in the future "secure pages will only be able to initiate secure downloads of any type.Facepalm: The latest shot in the Chrome vs. This is one of my favorite features of Safari on the Mac, which automatically prompt you for your approval before allowing downloads, even on respectable pages. In the post announcing these security updates, Mardini notes "Chrome 86 will block or warn on some insecure downloads initiated by secure pages." This one is arguably the biggest security upgrade of all. Some users might prefer to use one of the best password managers, most of which already support biometric autofill on iOS and Android. To make this work, you have to let Chrome save your passwords. This has already been enabled in Android.
The Chrome Password Manager now allows you to autofill your login credentials into other apps, all you need to do is enable it as an option (Settings > Passwords > AutoFill Passwords). IPhone users are also getting an upgrade, as Chrome 86 now supports using biometric security standards (both Face ID and Touch ID) as well as phone passcodes for unlocking and autofilling passwords. Chrome on iPhone gets better with passwords Google claims that it has seen "a roughly 20% drop in users typing their passwords into phishing sites" among users who enable Safe Browsing. It's sort of like giving someone a police escort for their online activity. It offers increased protection against malware and phishing, both in web pages and downloads.
While privacy-minded users may scoff at such an idea, it's the kind of option I'd think about putting on my older relatives' phones. What is Enhanced Safe Browsing and who needs it?Įnhanced Safe Browsing, which arrived in desktop-level Chrome this past May, will give Android users an option to share their browsing data with Google in real-time. You may also get a notification that the update is ready, or your device may update its apps automatically. On Android, open Google Play and go to My Apps. On your iPhone, open the App Store, tap your account photo in the top right corner and tap update next to Chrome. The latter feature, which takes you straight to the page on a website where you can change your password, is an adaptation of a feature Apple that developed for Safari in 2018 and released to the public earlier this year.
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