{"id":79767,"date":"2021-08-20T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.online-tech-tips.com\/?p=79767"},"modified":"2024-11-18T09:14:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T14:14:14","slug":"what-is-enhanced-protection-in-google-chrome-and-how-to-enable-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.online-tech-tips.com\/what-is-enhanced-protection-in-google-chrome-and-how-to-enable-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Enhanced Protection in Google Chrome and How to Enable It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While threats on the web are getting more sophisticated, there are many tools at our disposal to help us secure our online accounts<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, these tools aren\u2019t 100 percent foolproof, and sometimes your credentials can get hacked or leaked. It\u2019s no wonder that tools like password managers<\/a> and others have built-in security breach checkers to effectively combat such threats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google has some built-in tools in Chrome such as the Enhanced Protection feature that attempts to make browsing safer.<\/p>\n\n\n

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What Is Enhanced Protection in Google Chrome?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Google Chrome\u2019s Enhanced Protection is a browsing security feature that substantially increases safety on the web against dangerous downloads and websites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re signed into Chrome and other Google apps you use, you can get improved protection based on the attacks against your Google account and threats you encounter on the web.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plus, if you rely on Chrome extensions to help you improve your browser experience or be more productive, Enhanced Protection helps you choose safer extensions before installing them on your device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enhanced Protection is different from the Standard protection on Chrome, which only offers warnings about potentially risky sites, extensions and downloads. Plus, with Standard protection, you can select whether to get warnings about password breaches or improve security on the web by sending more information to Google.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Specifically, Enhanced Protection enables the following: <\/p>\n\n\n\n