Google Enhances Chrome’s Safe Browsing With Real-Time Updates

Google updated its Safe Browsing feature. Now, Chrome users can receive real-time updates on dangerous websites. In the past, Safe Browsing updated its database of harmful sites every 30 to 60 minutes.

But since many harmful sites are only active for a short period, often less than 10 minutes, this was not effective enough. Now, Google’s servers will update the Safe Browsing list constantly, offering immediate protection against new threats. Google claims this method will reduce phishing site encounters by a margin.

Privacy has been a key focus in this update. Real-time Safe Browsing employs various privacy-preserving techniques to ensure Google does not learn the specifics of the sites users visit.

This feature has been released on Chrome’s desktop and iOS versions, with…