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Google launched Chrome 86 today, which includes a number of enhancements to security features.
The main feature of this new version is that the password verification function will now be available on Android and iOS.
Password Checkup takes the passwords that users have saved in their Chrome browser and compares them against known data breaches to see if any of these passwords are compromised.
Also, the security check feature will now support the “.well known / password change” standard.
This means that users will be able to press a button in their Chrome password settings menu to visit the corresponding page that allows them to change their password immediately.
This is useful if the password verification finds that certain passwords have been compromised and the user therefore wants to change their password immediately.
Other changes
Google also announced that it will add its tap-to-fill feature to iOS devices.
Touch-to-fill allows users to touch a button and have their password filled in automatically if stored by Google’s password manager.
This is valuable as it helps users avoid being caught by keylogging software or phishing websites.
IOS users will also be required to authenticate using a biometric security feature before they automatically fill in their passwords using the Touch-to-Fill feature.
To further prevent users from filling in private data in a way that can be captured by malicious parties, Google has implemented an insecure forms feature.
This refers to forms that are hosted on HTTPS pages but send data through unencrypted HTTP processes.
When users fill in data on these forms, AutoComplete will be turned off automatically.
Google has also taken the next step in its process of protecting users from HTTP downloads when the web page displays HTTPS.
Chrome users will now be warned if they are downloading file types such as .pdf and .docx from one of these websites, while the file and executable files have been completely blocked on these websites.
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