Privacy and security when browsing the Internet are a priority for Google Chrome, so it will soon implement the use of biometric authentication systems in relation to entering passwords on websites.

The update will change the way users use the application. “Google Chrome will force the use of your face or fingerprint when filling in a password.”

When entering a website on the Internet, it will no longer be enough to use Google’s password manager. Once the change is implemented, when entering a site that requires a password, the data will not be filled in automatically. The page will request the fingerprint or face scan to complete the process.

The user will use the method that is enabled on their device. But in case you do not want to force the authentication method, you can leave it as is from the Google Chrome settings.

Currently, the feature is in testing period in Google Chrome Canary, which is an experimental version that the company regularly tests.

M.Pino

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As part of raising awareness about cybersecurity, Google reported the implementation of new functions in its password manager, applying the obligation of a “two-factor authentication” system. The measure could be activated in 150 million of its accounts, approximately, before the end the year.

The new features will impact the computer security of Chrome for Android and the Google mobile app. Particularly, in the case of the app, the company plans to increase “a feature so that users can access all the passwords that have been stored in the manager (…). This action will be carried out directly from the application menu. This was published by the company on its blog.

The company also indicated that Chrome on iOS also features the “ability to auto-fill passwords” that users have previously stored in other applications. Another new feature that the Internet giant plans to implement in a short time is the automatic generation of passwords in any “iOS on Apple devices” application.

Secure access

With these new authentications, the company requires that the user make two reactions to connect to the search engine and considers that the main objective of the company to force its users to activate the function is explained when it points out: “Having a second form of authentication reduces dramatically the opportunity for an attacker to gain access to an account.”

As will be recalled, last May the American company Google made reference to the functionality, but at this time it is aware that more than “150 million additional users will have access to it.”

The company also reported that it will apply motivational strategies to encourage more than 2 million content creators on YouTube to make use of this new tool.

Google describes its cybersecurity technology system as “one of the most reliable ways to prevent unauthorized access.” According to the organization, the user can combine “something he knows, which would be his password, with “something he has”: his mobile device.

M Rodríguez

Source: 20minutos.es

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