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- The standard mode of Safe browsing on Chrome for desktop and iOS will now check sites against Google’s server-side list of known bad sites in real-time.
- This functionality will come to Android later this month.
- Password Checkup on iOS now flags weak and reused passwords, in addition to flagging compromised passwords.
Every day more and more harmful websites pop up on the web. However, Chrome users are protected from most malware, phishing, and other cyberattacks thanks to the browser’s Safe Browsing feature. That feature is about to get a nice boost that was previously reserved for the enhanced version, but it will initially only be available for desktop and iOS.
Today, Google announced that the standard version of Safe Browsing on desktop and iOS will start checking sites against the company’s server-side list of known bad sites in real-time. Before now, the standard version used a list that was stored on your device to check if a site or file was malicious. This list would be updated every 30 to 60 minutes.