Google today released Chrome 86 on the fixed channel, and this new release brings many security enhancements and new APIs for developers.
Each new version of Chrome usually focuses on one major theme. For example, Chrome 84 focused on UI improvements, while Chrome 85 focused on speed improvements and APIs.
So the new version 86 of Chrome comes with many improvements in passwords and security in general, but also with many new APIs along with the removal of old ones.
In December 2019, in Chrome 79, Google added a feature called Password Checkup, which took user passwords to check if they had been leaked online.
Με τον Chrome 86, η Google αναφέρει ότι αυτή η λειτουργία (γνωστή και σαν Safety Check από τον Μάιο του 2020) έρχεται τώρα στις εκδόσεις του Chrome για κινητά με Android και iOS.
Additionally in the new Chrome 86, Safety Check supports the ".well-known / change-password" template
This is a W3C standard that allows websites to specify the address URL where users can go to change their passwords.
Chrome 86 with support for this standard will enable users to be able to press a button on the password settings screen to go directly to σελίδα password change, instead of searching the structure of a website.
Google has also extended the touch-to-fill feature to iOS. It was first released for Android devices in July. The feature was created to prevent users from automatically filling in passwords on phishing sites, but it also allows users to fill in passwords on one-click login forms without having to search through tens or hundreds or entries to choose the appropriate credentials.
With Chrome 86, this new feature will also be available on iOS as an additional security feature offering control ID cards through biometrics before autofilling passwords. This includes using Face ID, Touch ID, or their phone's passcode as a last resort.
