Google Chrome Gets New Privacy Features

Google Chrome gets new privacy features, tools to manage cookies, and tabs.

Google announced Monday that it will launch a series of privacy features and new tools in Chrome for desktop.

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Highlights :

• Google announced Monday that it will launch a number of privacy features and new tools in Chrome.
• Chrome 83 will give many controls to its users to better control their security.
• New Google features will allow users to manage cookies in Chrome.

Google announced Monday that it will launch a series of privacy features and new tools in Chrome for desktop.

Google in its blog post stated that Chrome 83 will give many controls to its users to better control their security on the web.

With the new features, users will be able to manage cookies, they can keep their passwords secure in the browser, they can delete cookies in incognito mode and they will be able to optimize their tabs in Chrome.

Announcing the same on Twitter, CEO Sundar Pichai wrote: “We are rolling out new tools + redesigned privacy and security settings on the desktop to help you better control your security on the web: a security verification tool, cookie controls from Third parties in incognito mode, Enhanced Safe Browsing, Secure DNS and more. "

These are some of the key features that are coming to Google Chrome.

Controls to manage cookies in the browser

New Google features will allow users to manage cookies in Chrome. 

Users have the option to choose how cookies are used on the websites they visit.

The user can also block third-party cookies in regular or incognito mode.

"We have reorganized the controls into two different sections to make it easier to find the most sensitive permissions on the website: access to your location, camera or microphone, and notifications.

A new section also highlights the latest permission activity," - Senior Product Manager, Google, in a blog post.

Delete cookies in incognito mode

The new controls in Google Chrome will eliminate cookies, blocking third-party cookies by default within each incognito session every time a browser window is closed in incognito mode.

This would further enhance the private browsing experience.

However, users also have the option to allow third-party cookies for specific sites by clicking the "eye" icon in the address bar.

Safe browsing and security control in Chrome

The security tool will inform users if the passwords Chrome has allowed to remember have been composed or not.

If it shows that the password has been compromised, the tool will allow users to correct the error.

The safe browsing feature will alert you before visiting a malicious site. 

This would also disable your chances of downloading a harmful extension.

Manage tabs and extensions

You will find a new puzzle icon for your extensions in your toolbar.

This icon will allow you to control what data extensions can be seen on the sites you visit.

However, this will not prevent you from pinning your favorite extension to the toolbar, as it did previously.

It would only make it easier for you to streamline the extensions.

Enhanced browsing protection and secure DNS

The improved browsing function will protect users from phishing, malware, and other web-based threats.

“If you turn on Enhanced Safe Browsing, Chrome proactively checks whether pages and downloads are dangerous by submitting information about them to Google Safe Browsing.

If you're signed in to Chrome, Chrome and other Google apps you use (Gmail, Drive, etc.) they will further protect you based on a holistic view of the threats you encounter on the web and attacks against your Google account.

Over the next year, we'll add even more protections to this mode, including custom warnings for phishing sites and file downloads, and cross-product alerts, "Google Blog read.