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Google redesigns Chrome privacy settings, adds Enhanced Safe Browsing<\/h2>\n

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Google said Tuesday that the company is redesigning some of its Google Chrome browser UI with an eye toward preserving user privacy, both in terms of the layout and what\u2019s under the hood. The changes will be coming to the desktop version of the Chrome browser over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

Changes include communicating better about what data is synced with Google, and how the Chrome browser manages cookies, both in real-world browsing as well as in Incognito mode. Two other changes are being pushed out as part of the day-to-day browsing experience, including what Google calls Enhanced Safe Browsing as well as DNS over HTTPS.<\/p>\n

Enhanced Safe Browsing may have the most profound effect on your daily experience, though the feature will essentially live in the background most of the time. Enhanced Safe Browsing checks whether webpages and downloads are safe\u2014whether you\u2019re browsing the web or in another Google service, such as Gmail. Google said that over the coming year this feature will be beefed up, with\u00a0tailored warnings for phishing sites and file downloads, and cross-product alerts across Android and the desktop version of Chrome.<\/p>\n

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Part of Google\u2019s \u201cSafety Check\u201d in its browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DNS-over-HTTPS is a more sophisticated feature that Google said took about two years to fine-tune. When you access a website like your bank, your browser will link your PC and your bank\u2019s server via an encrypted HTTPS connection. But the initial act of surfing to the bank\u2019s site\u2014part of the DNS lookup\u2014is unencrypted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Using what Google calls Secure DNS, Chrome will now encrypt the DNS lookup using HTTPS as well. It\u2019s an additional level of encryption and privacy, \u201cthereby helping prevent attackers from observing what sites you visit or sending you to phishing websites,\u201d according to Google<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The new version of Chrome, Chrome 83, will also add protections against websites that want to track you using cookies. In Chrome\u2019s Incognito Mode, Google said that \u201cin addition to deleting cookies every time you close the browser window in Incognito, we will also start blocking third-party cookies by default within each Incognito session and include a prominent control on the New Tab Page.\u201d It\u2019s a feature that will begin rolling out first to the desktop version of Chrome, as well as to the Chrome browser on Android. Similar controls to manage cookies will appear in the non-Incognito version of Chrome.<\/p>\n

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Chrome will flag how many cookies want to track you in Incognito Mode.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Google also made some tweaks to the Chrome UI:<\/p>\n