GOOGLE CHROME WITH SAFE BROWSING BY DEFAULT FEATURE

Android version of Google’s browser is now enabled with Safe Browsing mode by default. The service is already being used by over a billion machines on the desktop platform. The change comes if you’re running Chrome 46 or higher and have Google Play Services 8.1 or above. If you run into a site that Google has identified as malicious, It'll show you an alert message on your screen.

Safe Browsing is a service provided by Google that makes a Web browser aware of URLs that contain malware or phishing content. When a user accidentally request access to a malicious website, the feature instead takes them to a warning page. Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple's Safari Web clients use the service.

Google says the challenge in bringing this feature to mobile is how to ensure reporting and analyzing potentially harmful while not using a ton of data, which can be a precious commodity.

To accomplish this Google says the riskiest sites are reported first. Also, certain types of attacks, like social engineering and phishing, are targeted in regions where they have a track record of popping up. To ensure you have Safe Browsing Mode enabled, open Chrome and head to Settings > Privacy.

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