Google to warn users about unsafe sites
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 03/15/2015 06:03 AM
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Google announced updates to its Safe Browsing technology.
When there’s a risk that a user is about to enter a site distributing unwanted software, using either Safari and Firefox browsers as well as Google’s own Chrome, a big red warning will pop up.(I.E. uses its own system called SmartScreen Filter).
What Google considers unsafe are sites that can change your browser’s settings and set loose a slew of pop-up ads or redirect users to sites they didn’t want to visit. Unwanted ads will also trigger the warning.
Google says in a blog post that it’s adding information about sites with such unwanted software to its Safe Browsing API, “allowing developers to better protect their users as well.”
Source: Consumerist
When there’s a risk that a user is about to enter a site distributing unwanted software, using either Safari and Firefox browsers as well as Google’s own Chrome, a big red warning will pop up.(I.E. uses its own system called SmartScreen Filter).
What Google considers unsafe are sites that can change your browser’s settings and set loose a slew of pop-up ads or redirect users to sites they didn’t want to visit. Unwanted ads will also trigger the warning.
Google says in a blog post that it’s adding information about sites with such unwanted software to its Safe Browsing API, “allowing developers to better protect their users as well.”
Source: Consumerist
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