Google continues to add security improvements to prevent Google Chrome users from being affected by attempted attacks from malicious websites that try to connect to devices that are on our local network. We tell you about its latest change that seeks to protect our privacy as much as possible.
Digital environments are full of risks that, in many cases, they are invisible for the vast majority of users. When we visit any website, we may be exposing, without being aware of it, all our personal data to a company that seeks to take over they or with the control of our devices. Everything in the background and offering a completely normal appearance.
The browsers we use to access the Internet increasingly incorporate new improvements and functionalities that have a clear focus on protecting our privacy. One of the latest developments comes from Google Chrome which, through “Private network access” It will allow us to protect ourselves from any attack that seeks to take control of the devices that make up our home network.
Protect your devices
Over the last few years, the number of devices that are connected to our home network has experienced notable growth. And that, in addition to all the advantages it offers us, also forces us to have to assume different risks related to the privacy and security of our connection. Google, aware of this situation, has decided to include a new functionality that allows restrict any browsing requests that targets a malicious website and seeks, ultimately, to access any object connected to our network.
Once this functionality reaches all users, the google browser It will verify the origin of each of the requests that the websites make. This way, you can verify whether it is a trustworthy website or not, even before the user accesses it. To do this, send a verification request with which it will check if it has a header that allows theaccess to a private network. One of the peculiarities of this process is that it not only analyzes the website, but also the device from which you want to access it. For the connection to be approved, the destination device must allow connections to it.
If the request is blocked, the automatic reloading of the websites will also be disabled, preventing further access attempts. Once this check is implemented, cybercriminal groups trying to access our data will not be able to access any element of our home network if any suspicion indicating that it is a malicious website has been detected.
In beta phase
At the time of writing, this functionality It is in beta phase for all users who belong to the program Google Chrome Canary which is the environment in which the American company carries out the usual tests of all the functionalities that it hopes to incorporate in the near future if they receive good acceptance from its public.
However, “Private network access” is scheduled to be incorporated into version Chrome 123, which will arrive for both the desktop version and Android users on March 13. As long as the performance demonstrated these days is as expected.
