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Gmail users are advised to enable 2-step verification and consider switching to passkeys, which use biometric data and are more secure than passwords, to better protect their accounts from phishing and hacking threats amid rising cyberattacks.
Google is deprecating the standard Safe Browsing feature in Google Chrome and replacing it with Enhanced Safe Browsing, which offers real-time phishing protection. Enhanced Safe Browsing checks websites against Google's cloud database to determine if they are malicious and should be blocked. However, this feature comes with privacy concerns as URLs and a small sample of pages will be sent to Google's servers. Google is rolling out Enhanced Safe Browsing to all Chrome users in the coming weeks, with no option to revert to the legacy version. The change aims to provide better protection against new malicious URLs, but some users are concerned about the potential use of browsing data for ad targeting. Google has confirmed that the data submitted through Enhanced Safe Browsing will not be used for other features, including delivering advertisements.