Security News > 2020 > October > Chrome 86 delivers more security features for mobile users

The Password Checkup feature came first in the form of a Chrome extension, then was built into Google Account's password manager and Chrome, and now it has been enhanced with support for the ".

Enhanced Safe Browsing mode, which was first introduced in Chrome 83, allows users to get a more personalized protection against malicious sites.

"When you turn on Enhanced Safe Browsing, Chrome can proactively protect you against phishing, malware, and other dangerous sites by sharing real-time data with Google's Safe Browsing service. Among our users who have enabled checking websites and downloads in real time, our predictive phishing protections see a roughly 20% drop in users typing their passwords into phishing sites," noted AbdelKarim Mardini, Senior Product Manager, Chrome.

In addition to this, Safety Check - an option that allows users to scan their Chrome installation to check whether the browser is up to date, whether the Safe Browsing service is enabled, and whether any of the passwords the user uses have been compromised in a known breach - is now available to Chrome for Android and iOS. Biometric authentication for autofilling of passwords on iOS. iOS users can finally take advantage of the convenient password autofill option that was made available a few months ago to Android users.

Chrome 86 will warn users when they are about to submit information through a non-secure form embedded in an HTTPS page and when they are about to initiate insecure downloads over non-secure links.

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