Google today released Chrome 79 for all platforms Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS, Android and iOS.
This release comes with several bug fixes as well as new features such as built-in support for the control passwords, a real-time blacklist for malicious sites through it Safe Browsing API, την κυκλοφορία της προστασίας Predicitive Phishing, το HTTPS για το "μεικτό περιεχόμενο", και υποστήριξη για το tab freezing.
The new version, in addition to all of the above, also brings a new user interface to the Chrome Sync Profile section and supports a back-forward caching flag chrome: // flags / # back-forward-cache).
It is worth mentioning that checking passwords is an online service through which Google checks all of them codeaccess logs synced with Chrome to see if they've been leaked in breaches of other services.
To date, control passwords was available as a separate Chrome extension or in a section on the Google Dashboard.
With the new Chrome 79 version released today, the utility password checker built into Chrome. To use it, you'll need to sync your Chrome passwords to a Google account.
Once activated, it will let you know which sites you were using online leaked passwords and will be prompted to change them.
Another important tool that this release brings and worth mentioning is the phishing prediction. or Predictive Phishing in English.
Ξεκίνησε σαν ιδέα το 2017 και όπως φαίνεται ολοκληρώθηκε σήμερα με την κυκλοφορία της έκδοσης 79. Το Predictive Phishing προειδοποιεί τους χρήστες όταν θέλουν να εισάγουν κωδικούς πρόσβασης σε ιστότοπους ηλεκτρονικού "ψαρέματος" (phishing).
Μέχρι σήμερα η λειτουργία υποστήριζε την ανίχνευση ιστότοπων ηλεκτρονικού "ψαρέματος" κατά την εισαγωγή των διαπιστευτηρίων μόνο από τους λογαριασμούς της Google και μόνο όταν οι χρήστες χρησιμοποιούσαν τη λειτουργία συγχρονισμού στο Chrome.
With Chrome 79, the warnings for Phishing will be available for all usernames and passwords stored in the Chrome password database, even if the user doesn't use the sync feature.
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