Security News > 2020 > October > Chrome 86 Aims to Bar Abusive Notification Content

Google has added a new feature to Chrome 86 that aims to stomp out abusive notification content.

Google first implemented controls that went against abusive notifications with Chrome 80, when it introduced a "Quiet notification permission UI" feature.

In Chrome 84, it announced auto-enrollment in quiet notification UI for websites with abusive-notification permission requests, such as sites that use deceptive patterns to request notification permissions.

The new enforcement in Chrome 86 takes it a step further by focusing "On notification content and is triggered by sites that have a history of sending messages containing abusive content," said Google.

In an upcoming release, Chrome will revert the notification permission status from "Granted" to "Default" for abusive origins, preventing further notifications unless the user returns to the abusive origin and re-enables them.

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https://threatpost.com/chrome-86-abusive-notification-content/160445/