Apple was quick to allay user concerns this weekend after someone spotted that it was working with Chinese company Tencent to check its users’ website requests for malicious URLs.
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Google launches new Chrome protection from bad URLs
The “Suspicious Site Reporter” extension lets users easily report dubious sites, while a new warning flags potential typosquatting pages.
Google adds deceptive software warnings to Safe Browsing service
The days of having your homepage switched or suddenly discovering a mysterious toolbar in your browser may be set to come to an end following an announcement from Google yesterday. From next week, Chrome will display a message whenever a piece of software attempts to do anything sneaky or unexpected with your browser or computer.