Chrome for Android Gets an Easier Way to Manage Site Permissions
Google is updating Chrome for Android with an easier way for users to manage permissions for each site. Alongside the updated site permission controls, Chrome for Android is getting Site Isolation improvements to better protect users from malicious websites. Google is also expanding Chrome Actions by adding new options to make privacy and security management easier for users. Additionally, Chrome for iOS has been updated with the ability to protect Incognito tabs with biometric authentication. Users on iOS have also received support for taking full-page screenshots.
Chrome for Android is getting updated site permission controls that you can access by tapping the lock icon from the left side of the Chrome address bar. Through those controls, you will be able to customise permissions you’ve granted for each particular site. This is similar to how you can look at the site permissions by clicking on the lock icon on Chrome for Windows and macOS.
You’ll also be able to toggle between sharing and not sharing access to things like your location and camera by tapping the lock button. In an upcoming release, Google is also bringing an option to Forget the site from your browser history in Chrome. This will allow the browser to reset permissions as well as clear cookies and site data with a single tap.
Google said that its updated site permission controls are rolling out in Chrome for Android and will be available to other platforms in upcoming releases. Gadgets 360 was able to independently verify the change as a part of the latest Chrome release (91.0.44472.164) for Android devices.
In addition to the updated permission controls, Google is expanding its Site Isolation on Chrome for Android with two improvements that are aimed to protect users from more malicious sites.
One of the improvements is around the availability of Site Isolation that will be applied to sites where users log in via third-party providers, while the other one is to bring the system-level feature for sites that carry Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy headers. The Site Isolation feature enables the browser to process each site separately so that any malicious sites wouldn’t be able to access data from other sites open on the device.
