Η Google ανακοίνωσε σήμερα ότι η υπηρεσία Ασφαλούς περιήγησης (Google Safe Browsing), η οποία κυκλοφόρησε για πρώτη φορά το 2007, προστατεύει περισσότερες από 3 δισεκατομμύρια συσκευές. Ο αριθμός ξεπέρασε κατά πολύ τα 2 δισεκατομμύρια που δήλωσε η εταιρεία ότι προστάτευε τον Μάιο του 2016.
Safe Browsing provides lists of URLs that contain malware or phishing content in Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, as well as to Internet service providers (ISPs).
The service can also be accessed through one public API or directly by manually checking from this URL any site you want. OR Google has extended Safe Browsing to the various productover the years, such as Android, Ads, Analytics, Gmail, Google Play, etc.
Keep in mind that, most of the time, Safe Browsing protects users without hindering them. This means you just do not see any malicious search results, Android apps on Google Play, questionable Gmail messages, etc., because they're just filtered. Other times, you're presenting an interstitial action like the one shown below (on mobile):
The one above picture you see it on pages that try to get you to install malware or download some other unwanted software. They are automatically blocked in Chrome, Firefox and Safari, although you can view the site manually if you wish. Web developers and app developers (like Snapchat) integrate Google Safe Browsing into their apps to check URLs before they are presented to their users.
As for AI, Google Safe Browsing has been using mechanical learning for many years to detect various types of threats.
Google did not elaborate on how the project would evolve, but noted that the service had to tackle today's "web" and that the team was "constantly evaluating and integrating new approaches to improving Safe Browsing".