Chrome users will now see warnings alerting them of suspicious files (based on lower confidence verdicts and unknown risk of user harm) or dangerous files (on high confidence verdicts and high risk of user harm)
Chrome browser now also sends suspicious files to the company's servers for a deeper scan for users with Enhanced Protection mode enabled
"These two tiers of warnings are distinguished by iconography, color, and text, to make it easy for users to quickly and confidently make the best choice for themselves based on the nature of the danger and Safe Browsing's level of certainty,"
https://security.googleblog.com/2024/07/building-security-into-redesigned.html
When downloading password-protected archives (e.g., zip, .7z, or .rar), users with Enhanced Protection toggled get prompted to enter the password before sending the file for additional scanning via Google's Safe Browsing service.
Remember when Google said it didn’t collect information and then, oopsie, turns out they did?
I can’t trust Google to tell me the weather.
You'll love this then
Google's reCAPTCHA v2, built for security, is exploiting users for profit
https://counter.social/@ecksmc/112840377775016072
Personally i use a heck of a lot of google stuff but you can lock-it-down and kinda limit what they actually get from you - problem is far to many people just don't give a dam and don't even bother to do simple stuff via account settings never mind dig in and lock-shit-down-further by other means
I switched to DuckDuckGo… it’s remarkably good.
Or as Partner calls it GoGoDuck (sounds like a Japanese Power Rangers spinoff)
@feloneouscat 😂😂😂
DDG is a good search engine, that and StartPage,
DDG browser I'm not a fan of really
GoGoDuck 😆
Chrome in Standard Protection mode will also be asked to enter the passwords of the downloaded archives.
However, both the file and the password stay on the local device, and "only the metadata of the archive contents are checked with Safe Browsing," the Chrome Security team says.