The AchieVer Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Google Chrome Starts Blocking Confusing URLs Google has announced a couple of new protections for users of Chrome browser, as the company wants to lower the likelihood of users landing on phishing websites. First and foremost, the application will begin warning users when they attempt to load what is being described as a “confusing URL.” Basically, a confusing URL is considered to be a page with the address go0gle.com and which obviously tries to mimic google.com, most often as part of a phishing attack in order to steal users’ credentials. Because the number of such attempts has skyrocketed, Google Chrome now displays a new warning when users point the browser to such a confusing URL. “This new warning works by comparing the URL of the page you’re currently on to URLs of pages you’ve recently visited. If the URL looks similar, and might cause you to be confused or deceived, we’ll show a warning that helps you get back to safety,” Emily Schechter, Chrome Product Manager, explains.Hello, Suspicious Site Reporter!In addition, Google is also rolling out a new extension for Google Chrome whose role is specifically to allow power users to report domains that they think could be included in a phishing attack. Called Suspicious Site Reporter, the extension sends a specific site for review, with Google engineers to then decide whether it should be placed to the Safe Browsing list or not. “If the site is added to Safe Browsing’s lists, you’ll not only protect Chrome users, but users of other browsers and across the entire web,” Schechter notes. Both these features are available right now in the latest version of Google Chrome, so if you’ve already updated to build 75, you should be able to see the warning for confusing URLs and install the extension to report potentially dangerous websites. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arjun Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 What are "Confusing URLs"? Any examples? ...Some redirected urls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debebee Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Sites that look like the real website but are spelled incorrectly .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mp68terr Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 On 6/19/2019 at 11:14 AM, The AchieVer said: “This new warning works by comparing the URL of the page you’re currently on to URLs of pages you’ve recently visited. If the URL looks similar, and might cause you to be confused or deceived, we’ll show a warning that helps you get back to safety,” Emily Schechter, Chrome Product Manager, explains. Then how can it work for those who often clear their browsing history/cookies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkc21 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 I hope they don't do that with legit sites that are not in accord with their political views Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 17 minutes ago, mkc21 said: I hope they don't do that with legit sites that are not in accord with their political views They mostly likely will but Google are the cause of it to begin with most confusing urls i ever seen was indexed in there search engine. If they didn't scrape everything that gets posted that's not hidden from there view it wouldn't be a problem the thing about they don't delist sites unless they get reported a lot and phishing websites make up new urls all the time some of them have 100s of urls , I don't use there browser and there search is not worth a crap no way its fulls of scams and phishing web sites and they block many sites i find useful . Anymore i never find much useful sites on Google its always i find good info on other sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 1 hour ago, mkc21 said: political views If you are searching political news the best way to find is put in what viewpoint your looking for the best center news sites , the best right winged news sites , the best left winged news sites, they will be sites that list all the sites you go to that site and bookmark the sites that interest you . A lot of news never shows up in google news no way Google already do discriminate .against news there being looked into by USA Government for it . A video leaked out about Google talking about how they believe. Luckily im to the Center so they post most stuff that interest me. But they try to hide what the right has to say and thump what the left has to say , There Biased but anyway most news sites have live or catch up video streams you can watch also there podcast and talk news radio streams . I can not use the internet and turn on the radio and listen to the news, most Talk news on radio is right winged , if you on the left you more likely too listen to NPR , the most watched news on cable is Fox in the USA witch is considered Right wing to the left. But they have any kind of news you want if you stream it or go right to a website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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