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Chrome 86 delivers more security features for mobile users

October 7, 2020

Google has released Chrome 86 for desktop and mobile, which comes with several new and improved security features for mobile users, including:

  • New password protections
  • Enhanced Safe Browsing
  • Easier password filling
  • Mixed form warnings and mixed downloads warnings/blocks

New password security features in Chrome 86

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 “.well-known/change-password” standard – a W3C specification that defines a well-known URL that sites can use to make their change password forms discoverable by tools (e.g. Chrome, or the latest version of Safari)

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