Google is testing a 'look-alike URL' warning in Chrome

You won't have to worry nigh accidentally going to maplesyrup.com anymore

Google Chrome is testing a new mode to gainsay a pop online scam technique.

The feature start turned up in Chrome Canary version 70 for testing. Spotted past ZDNet, users tin enable it in Canary by turning on a flag. The characteristic volition then warn users of 'expect-alike' URLs.

It'south probably happened to you lot at some point: you quickly punch in a website in the accost bar and hit enter, not realizing you've made a typo. Next thing you know, you're on a sketchy site.

Google Chrome URL warning

Malicious actors like to lockdown these await-alike URLs in an effort to trick the unsuspecting into giving up login credentials. For instance, someone who wanted to scam Paypal users could get the URL 'www.paypai.com' in hopes a typo could country someone on their fake website instead of the real paypal.com.

Google hopes to combat this past warning people when they mistype a common URL. With the feature turned on, Chrome presents a modest banner under the omnibox with the proper URL. In the example of our Paypal example, the imprint reads: 'Did you mean to go to http://paypal.com/?'

If you lot're running Chrome Canary on your car, yous tin can test out the new feature by copying this address into your omnibox and turning the feature on: 'chrome://flags/#enable-lookalike-url-navigation-suggestions.'

That will work on regular Chrome as well, merely the feature won't even so detect any mistyped URLs. It appears Chrome developers are withal working on the feature, so the functionality is express to Canary.

Eventually, the warning arrangement should make its mode to a full Chrome release, simply information technology's not articulate if or when that will happen.

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Source: ZDNet Via: Engadget