Sundar Pichai shares new password protection feature for Google Chrome

Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai stated that Chrome browser will w have a feature that will warn any user if ir password has been compromised after accessing a website. To make people kw about this feature, Pichai posted a tweet letting everyone kw about tech giant's latest stand on user protection.

Pichai promised that Google's Chrome browser will be giving updates in real-time to inform any user if y access a suspicious website. He furr ded that company was working on improving its phishing protections to provide real-time updates to users.

Divided opinion

Pichai's anuncement prompted a few reactions in which people questioned how company would achieve such a thing. A user asked how will company help him when y don't kw what his passwords are.

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Ar user said that this decision by Google was a really good move.

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Google's Safe browsing service

tech giant said that y h earlier realised this feature under name of Password Checkup extension and in month of October it became an extension available in a person's Google account to enable users to scan ir saved passwords at any given point of time.

According to reports, with Safe browsing service, Google allows client applications to conduct checks on URLs against any malicious websites. company also claims that every day it keeps about 4 billion devices under check by sending warnings to users whenever y surf through blacklisted and harmful web sources.

latest service offering by Google comes right after company went on to incorporate Lens im recognition to Chrome browser for mobile phones.

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Phishing is an illegal practice in which a person fraudulently tries to steal sensitive information in form of passwords or usernames alongside credit/debit card details by masking mselves as a trustworthy source in field of electronic communication.

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(With inputs from ncies)