Security News > 2024 > February > New Google Chrome feature blocks attacks against home networks

Google is testing a new feature to prevent malicious public websites from pivoting through a user's browser to attack devices and services on internal, private networks.

More simply, Google plans to prevent bad websites on the internet from attacking a visitor's devices in your home or on your computer.

"Private Network Access protections will not apply in this case since the feature was designed to protect users' private network from more-public web pages," warns Google.

This page would include a new Google Chrome error message, "BLOCKED BY PRIVATE NETWORK ACCESS CHECKS," to tell you when a page can't load because it didn't pass Private Network Access security checks.

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