Google Has Started Removing FTP Support From Chrome
Google developers have wanted to remove FTP support from the Chrome browser for quite some time and have been slowly whittling away at its support. In a series of proposed code changes and an “Intent to Remove”, the end is near for the FTP protocol in Chrome. […]
Google Estimates 1.5% of Web Logins Exposed in Data Breaches
A study released by Google estimates that a 1.5% of all logins used across the web are vulnerable to credential stuffing attacks due to being disclosed in data breaches. While this percentage is quite small, when you take into consideration the total of amount of users and login credentials being used on the web, the number gets […]
Google Chrome Incognito Mode Can Still Be Detected by These Methods
With the release of Chrome 76, Google fixed a loophole that allowed web sites to detect if a visitor was using Incognito mode. Unfortunately, their fix led to two other methods that can still be used to detect when a visitor is browsing privately. […]
Google Chrome Hides WWW and HTTPS:// in the Address Bar Again
After installing Google Chrome 76, if you feel like something is missing from the address bar you would be correct. This is because Google has decided to once again hide, or elide, the “www” subdomain and also “https://” from the address of the web site you are visiting. […]
Google Chrome to Unload Heavy Ads With Intensive Resource Usage
Google is currently working on adding a new feature to the Chrome web browser designed to automatically unload ad iframes which use an outrageous amount of system resources in an effort to shrink the browser’s CPU and network footprint. […]
Google AdSense Warns That Chrome to Block Abusive Ads on July 9
In 2018, Google Chrome started blocking abusive ad experiences on some sites in North America and Europe. Starting July 9, Google will be expanding Chrome’s built-in ad blocking efforts to all other regions and ads will be blocked on sites that have performed abusive behavior. […]