Chrome adds three features to Enhanced Safe Browsing
Chrome will now share visited pages and clipboard contents with Google to catch scams such as ClickFix, and splits safety alerts into two tiers.
Google is adding three new features to Chrome's Enhanced Safe Browsing Protection, according to Android Authority. The additions let the browser share more browsing data with Google's servers and introduce a new style of warning when users land on suspicious sites.
Under the change, Chrome can share the webpages a user visits with Safe Browsing servers, which Google says helps protect against a broader range of scams. The browser can also share clipboard content with Google servers to guard against social engineering scams such as ClickFix.
The third change is a two-tiered approach to site safety warnings. Chrome now shows either a suspicious website pop-up or a full-screen dangerous site warning, with the pop-up appearing when a user navigates to a site with known deceptive patterns.
Older protection, new tools
Google introduced Enhanced Protection in Chrome more than half a decade ago. The company has since added several tools aimed at identifying increasingly sophisticated online threats and protecting Chrome users.
Quick answers
What is new in Chrome's Enhanced Safe Browsing Protection?
Chrome can share visited webpages with Safe Browsing servers, share clipboard content with Google servers to counter scams like ClickFix, and show two-tiered site safety warnings.
What does the new Chrome warning look like?
Chrome shows a suspicious website pop-up for sites with known deceptive patterns, or a full-screen dangerous site warning.