Google introduces Site Kit plugin for WordPress
At the end of last week, Google officially introduced the WordPress plugin for Site Kit, which aims to give website administrators as well as marketing and advertising agencies more insight into the behaviour of their website visitors.
The open-source plugin Site Kit combines all kinds of visito... Read more
Chrome 77 protects against password and data theft
In 2018, Google launched Site Isolation in Chrome 67 to
protect against the Spectre leak. This feature uses operating system processes
to make it more difficult for attackers to steal data from other websites. This
feature can stop even more advanced attacks in the new Chrome 77.
Spectre is an e... Read more
Google promises to pay for discovery data abuse Android apps
Google has announced that it will pay researchers who discover when Android apps and Chrome extensions abuse user data. However, the discoveries must be verifiable and established by conclusive evidence.
According to TechCrunch, the action is part of Google's broader policy to prevent data abuse... Read more
Google Chrome version 76 has darkmode and Incognito mode is now untraceable.
Google released version 76 of Chrome yesterday. The browser update feature allows users to update their browser to the latest version. The current version does not contain any new major changes to the browser's user interface, but some developments in version 76.0.3809.87 are interesting to mention.... Read more
Google makes it harder for websites to detect Incognito Mode
Google has removed a method that allows websites to detect visitors who have used Chrome's Incognito Mode. From the end of July onwards, websites will no longer be able to see whether or not a visitor has this mode enabled.
Detecting the Incognito Mode was possible via the FileSystem API, writes ZDN... Read more
Google Chrome is going to block demanding ads
Google is working on a functionality for Chrome to block online ads that are too burdensome on the system.
The development of the feature, called Heavy Ad Intervention, started last month. Advertising frames that attract too many system resources are blocked.
With this intervention, advertisements ... Read more
Chrome now protects users from phishing websites
As of today, the current version of Chrome includes basic protection against phishing attacks. You don't have to turn anything on: Google automatically activates it for everyone. It also launches an extension where people can report malicious urls to Google.
Google now processes automatic protection... Read more
Chrome 76 beta completely blocks Flash and hides incognito from payment walls
Google is currently working on Chrome 76 and has just made a beta available. After the great announcement of Dark Mode in Chrome 73 and 74, 75 contained few new features. Chrome 76 promises important novelties for publishers who use a payment wall.
As of Chrome beta 76, websites can no longer detec... Read more
Chrome 75 includes secret reading mode and security updates
Google today makes Chrome 75 available for Android, Chrome OS, Linux, Mac and Windows. The main focus of this version is to add internal APIs and update existing functions. Developers did discover one hidden novelty: read mode.
The new reading mode is hidden in the flags submenu of Chrome. This func... Read more