Changes to extensions will limit the way that Chrome lets browsers block content – unless you’re an enterprise user.
Tag Archives: Google Chrome
Chrome plans to save you from sites that mess with your back button
Has your back button ever mysteriously stopped working?
Chrome flaw on iOS leads to 500 million unwanted pop-up ads
If you own an iOS device and use the Chrome browser, you may have encountered some strange-looking pop-up ads in the past week.
Microsoft’s Edge browser reborn after Chromium makeover
After three years of embarrassing rejection, might Microsoft’s newly-Chromed Edge browser be on the up?
Chrome, Safari and Opera criticised for removing privacy setting
Forthcoming versions of the Chrome, Apple Safari and Opera are in the process of removing the ability to disable a long-ignored tracking feature called hyperlink auditing pings.
How to make DuckDuckGo your default Chrome search engine
Good news for the privacy-conscious. Chrome 73, released Tuesday, now includes the DuckDuckGo search engine as an option.
Chrome will soon block drive-by-download malvertising
A new Chrome feature hopes to choke off one of the most malicious forms of malware infection: drive-by advertising downloads.
Serious Chrome zero-day – Google says update “right this minute”
When a security expert on the Chrome team says, “update your Chrome installs… like right this minute” – well, here’s how to check!
Data-tracking Chrome flaw triggered by viewing PDFs
Researchers have spotted an unusual ‘trackware’ attack triggered by a viewing a PDF inside the Chrome browser.
Google’s working on stopping sites from blocking Incognito mode
Google Chrome’s Incognito mode hasn’t been an impenetrable privacy shield: For years, it’s been a snap for web developers to detect when Chrome users are browsing in private mode and to block site visitors who use it. Now it looks like Google plans to close that loophole.