GOOGLE is urging Android phone owners to check their privacy settings on Google Chrome. The tech giant recommends taking a closer look at five settings that could keep you safe – and make your life…
This feature can make your web experience much faster – but it comes at the expense of privacy.
"Chrome makes browsing and searching faster by preloading pages that it thinks you might visit," Google explained. "To do this, Chrome may use cookies, if you allow cookies, and may encrypt and send pages through Google to hide your identity from sites."This feature is designed to flag to websites that you don't want to be tracked.But it's a simple way to instantly boost your privacy online.It does what it says on the tin: you can easily clear your browsing data from Google Chrome.It's even possible to clear browsing data from specific time periods.
"Protects you and your device from dangerous sites: get an alert whenever Chrome detects that the websites you visit could be harmful," Google explained. "When you visit a website, Chrome checks it against a list of websites stored on your computer that are known to be bad."
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