Google today announced a number of new features designed to provide better protection and a safer experience across its various services. Google's announcement comes on the occasion of Safer Internet Day, which is celebrated in February every year.
The company affirms that its primary mission is to use technology to ensure the protection and security of users of its various services and to protect them from various types of electronic attacks, fraud and tracking.
Since Google is the most used search service in the world, the company is constantly striving to protect it from malicious links and illegal content. In an effort to strengthen the protections Google offers to users of all ages, the company today announced the expansion of SafeSearch, a feature that blocks pornographic content, to now include an overlay of obscene and violent images for all users of the website, even if the SafeSearch feature is not enabled. in settings.
Google also announced an update to the Google Password Manager built into the Chrome browser to help users easily create and enter strong passwords on their computer or phone. In the new update, verification of user identity via biometric fingerprints such as fingerprints or face prints is supported as an additional confirmation step before entering passwords. Biometric fingerprints are also approved when users request to view or copy passwords in the Chrome browser on computers and Android phones.
For users of the Google app on iOS, protection has been improved and users can use the Face ID feature to protect privacy settings in the app, preventing changes to privacy settings if the phone falls into the hands of another user.
Finally, Google talked about the "virtual cards" feature available for Chrome browsers and Android phones, that is, the ability to automatically generate a temporary credit card number during online payment, so that the card can only be used once to complete the payment process, instead of the user's original card. This helps protect card data from theft. Google introduced the feature last year, but is now announcing an expansion to include card (American Express) support.
