Security News > 2020 > May > Google Takes Action Against Misleading and Malicious Notifications in Chrome

Google announced on Thursday that it's taking action against misleading and malicious notifications in Chrome with the release of version 84, which is scheduled for July 14.

Google classifies abusive notifications as permission request issues, which trick or force users into allowing notifications, and notification issues, which are fake messages that mimic chats, system dialogs or warnings.

Starting with Chrome 84, websites that push abusive notifications will be automatically enrolled in the quieter notifications user interface, which Google introduced in January.

"Abusive notification protection in Chrome 84 will only affect new notification permission requests from abusive sites. In the future, we may add protections for users who have already accepted notification permissions from abusive sites," Google explained in a blog post.

The tech giant has advised website owners to check the Abusive Notifications Report in their site's Search Console to see if their website displays what Google would classify as an abusive notification.

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