Google SafeSearch League: Important Innovations

Yesterday, February 7, was Safer Internet Day.For this purpose, Google decided to share its latest

developments in the field of protecting the security and privacy of the user, and hereA large block is dedicated to the security of the electoral process and the protection of democracy: agreements have been concluded with a number of civil society organizations, online security funds in Africa have been funded, hundreds of thousands of Titan security keys have been handed out, and attention has been paid to Google Password Manager.

Also strengthened privacy controls inGoogle apps and services: added biometric authentication in Chrome when entering a saved password on a compatible PC, Face ID to secure the Google app on iOS, virtual card numbers for online transactions without revealing the real number.

Finally, the safety of children was also taken care of.In the near future, the SafeSearch feature with the blurring of inappropriate content (porn, violence, shock content) in Google search will be enabled by default with the ability to disable in the settings (now the opposite), and there will also be a series of online (YouTube Kids) and offline events for children and their parents on the topic of the correct use of modern technologies and safe pastime on the Internet. All these projects will be implemented in the near future.

© Artur Luchkin.

According to Google