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Google Chrome now better protects you against risky websites and weak passwords

Google's Safe Browsing protection will warn you about malicious websites in real time, while the Password Checkup will alert you to weak and reused passwords.

In a blog post published on Thursday, the company described updates to its Safe Browsing and Password Checkup features designed to counter today's persistent hackers. "To keep up with the increasing pace of hackers, we're bringing real-time, privacy-preserving URL protection to Google Safe Browsing for anyone using Chrome on desktop or iOS. Until now, Chrome's standard level of protection used a list stored on your PC or mobile device to determine if a site or file is potentially malicious.

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