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Google introduces Site Kit plugin for WordPress

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

date4 years ago
Chrome 77 protects against password and data theft

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

date5 years ago
Google promises to pay for discovery data abuse Android apps

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

date5 years ago

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

date5 years ago
Google Chrome is going to block demanding ads

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

date5 years ago
Chrome now protects users from phishing websites

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

date5 years ago
Chrome 75 includes secret reading mode and security updates

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

date5 years ago
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