Google’s Chrome browser will begin testing a new feature that limits cross-site tracking by restricting website access to third-party cookies by default. The new Tracking Protection feature will be rolled out to 1% of Chrome users globally on Jan. 4, the company said in a Thursday (Dec....
Google has announced that all paid commercial extensions have been temporarily suspended from being published or updated in the official Chrome Web Store due to fraud, ZDNet reported on Saturday (Jan. 25). Fraudulent transactions began earlier in January, then started happening “at scale,” according to...
ExpensiveWall A massive malware campaign infiltrated Google Play last week, sending fraudulent text messages and charging up to 21 million people for fake services. The malware, dubbed “ExpensiveWall” after the fraudulent app “Lovely Wallpaper,” was loaded into 50 different mobile apps and downloaded as many...
Google announced that its Safe Browsing service now protects more than 3 billion desktop and mobile devices. According to a Tech Crunch news report, the new numbers are an increase from 1 billion in 2013 and 2 billion that was reported in May 2016. Launched...
April 24, 2024
Google has once again delayed plans to eliminate third-party cookies on its Chrome browser. The tech giant made that announcement Tuesday (April 23) evening, soon after a British regulator expressed concerns about Google’s proposed alternative to using cookies, known as the Privacy Sandbox. Third-party cookies — pieces of software that track internet users as they browse — have […]
December 14, 2023
Google’s Chrome browser will begin testing a new feature that limits cross-site tracking by restricting website access to third-party cookies by default. The new Tracking Protection feature will be rolled out to...
January 26, 2020
Google has announced that all paid commercial extensions have been temporarily suspended from being published or updated in the official Chrome Web Store due to fraud, ZDNet reported on Saturday...
September 12, 2017
Google announced that its Safe Browsing service now protects more than 3 billion desktop and mobile devices. According to a Tech Crunch news report, the new numbers are an increase...
