Category: chrome

Chrome’s ‘Lite Pages’ now work with secure sites

Post author By Randall
Post date March 12, 2019
Categories In 2g, Android, browsing, chrome, chrome lite, data saver, gear, Google, https, Mobile, secure, Security, Tech
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[ad_1] You’ll know if Chrome is optimizing a page because an icon will appear in front of the URL, and you’ll have the option to load the original version if you can stand to. Google says it will use the feature sparingly — only when loading the full page would be “painful to users.” In […]

Update Chrome now as attackers are ‘actively exploiting’ a bug

Post author By Randall
Post date March 7, 2019
Categories In browser, chrome, exploit, gear, Google, Microsoft, personal computing, personalcomputing, Security, Tech, zero-day
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[ad_1] Google Chrome tends to auto update quickly and silently, but you may want to make sure you’re on the latest version right now, as the company announced a zero-day vulnerability that it said attackers are “actively exploiting.” As Chrome security engineer Justin Schuh explained in a series of tweets, the thing that makes this […]

The web just got an official password-free login standard

Post author By Randall
Post date March 4, 2019
Categories In Android, Apple, authentication, biometric, biometrics, chrome, edge, fido2, fidoalliance, firefox, gear, Google, Internet, login, Microsoft, safari, Security, sign-in, Tech, w3c, webauthentication, webauthn
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[ad_1] The technology links unique encrypted login details to each website, reducing the risks of phishing, keystroke logging and other attacks that watch for your input. It’s also theoretically more private when those same unique site credentials prevent across-the-web tracking. You don’t really have to wait for the software you use to support Web Authentication. […]