Slowly, Google blocked executables and archives loading insecurely in the browser. It all started with Chrome 81 where Google would throw a warning in the Chrome Developer console when a website was downloading insecure or HTTP executables, archives, documents or multimedia files including images. It makes it mandatory for every website to load secure files into the browser. Google is slowly blocking insecure content from the web. Push notifications blocked Block Mixed Content Downloads From there, you can choose to allow notifications or continue blocking. You will get a bell icon in the address bar notifying you of the blocked notification. Google Chrome 84 makes use of a system called Abusive Notifications Check to determine if a website offering push notifications is fair or malignant.Ĭhrome 84 will automatically silence push notifications from websites that fail its abusive notification checks. Many sites nowadays offer push notifications for their regular users so that they can get the latest updates instantly.īut there are bad guys who are abusing this useful browser feature. Some of the good examples include WhatsApp, Gmail, Facebook notifications etc. Push notifications serve a very useful purpose of notifying the user of updates without leaving the browser. Push notification system is one of the most abused browser features that is even more annoying than email spam. Let’s go through some of the features introduced in Chrome 84.

You can read about the security fixes here. Download Google Chrome 84 Release SummaryĬompatibility: Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7 (32-bit and 64-bit), Linux, Mac, iOS and Android.īug fixes: 38.Removal of Insecure TLS 1.0 and 1.1 protocols.

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