Security News > 2020 > May > Chrome 83 Brings Enhanced Safe Browsing, New Privacy and Security Controls
Google this week released Chrome 83 to the stable channel with patches for a total of 38 vulnerabilities, with improved Safe Browsing protection, and updated privacy and security controls.
The newly introduced Enhanced Safe Browsing protection in Chrome is meant to provide users with a more advanced level of security while browsing the web, by increasing protection from dangerous websites and downloads.
Enhanced Safe Browsing, on the other hand, allows Chrome to check uncommon URLs in real time, meaning that threats can be detected faster.
Users can turn the feature on by heading to Privacy and Security settings > Security > "Enhanced protection" mode under Safe Browsing.
Chrome 83, Google says, also makes it more intuitive for users to control their privacy and security settings on desktop systems, with easier to manage cookies, reorganized controls in Site Settings, improved control over the data shared with Google to store in Google accounts and share across devices, and the "Clear browsing data" option now at the top of the Privacy & Security section.