Google Makes Safe Browsing Enabled by Default in Android Apps

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Google has announced that all Android apps featuring WebView would come with Safe Browsing enabled by default to provide additional protection to users.

The company integrated Safe Browsing in WebView back in December, but this week, Google said that this feature would be enabled by default with the release of version 66.

Basically, what Safe Browsing does is add another security layer for users browsing the web, either from a browser or from an app, on mobile and desktop. Safe Browsing checks websites for malicious content, and if any linked is flagged, it warns users before pages are loaded.

The warning message looks similar to the one in the picture attached to the article and gives users the option to close the website and report details of possible security incidents to Google for further inspection. They can also continue loading the website should they want to.

Protecting more than 3 billion devices

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