TechPhonesAndroid PhonesChrome users on Android need to get this critical privacy update nowThis brilliant new feature will make a huge difference to your online securityWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechPhonesAndroid PhonesChrome users on Android need to get this critical privacy update nowThis brilliant new feature will make a huge difference to your online securityWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
This brilliant new feature will make a huge difference to your online security
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Max Weinbach / Twitter)
(Image credit: Max Weinbach / Twitter)
If you use Chrome on one thebest Android phonesthen there’s a new security feature that not only makes your browsing more secure but that solves a hugely annoying problem: changing compromised passwords.
This problem is something I know from bitter experience: I spent most of my weekend changing passwords and talking to tech support after my youngest’s Fortnite account was compromised and V-Bucks stolen. I know some of my family’s passwords have appeared in data leaks, and I really did mean to get round to changing them. But quite frankly it’s a huge pain in the backside, and the longer you leave it the more of a pain it is. But as I discovered, it’s not as painful as trying to fix a compromised account.
Google Assistant is getting smarter
This new feature is part of Duplex, which is Google’s name for technology that can handle some of the dullest life admin for you. When we first saw Duplex, Google was demonstrating its ability to handle automated restaurant booking services; it then brought the same tech to the web so you could buy cinema tickets and order food with the minimum of fuss. And now it can automatically identify the appropriate password page, take you to it and suggest a better password to replace the compromised one.
It’s possible to switch off this feature if you don’t want it, but I’d advise against it: no matter how careful you are with your online security, the sites you use may not be so secure – or they might just fall foul of vulnerabilities that their tech providers don’t fix fast enough.
As ever with Google updates this one is rolling out to different users at different times, but it’s likely to be reaching most of us in time forGoogle I/O 2022next week.
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