Google Chrome offers very interesting options that not only allow us to customize the appearance of our browser. They also help us protect ourselves from external threats, although in some cases they are even disabled by default. We will tell you about one of the most interesting settings that can be activated in just a few clicks.
Google Chrome is the most widely used browser worldwide. In addition to the different options it offers us to personalize our experience, it also has interesting functions focused on improving the security levels offered by the browser itself. In some cases, certain functions are disabled by default, but activating them takes a few minutes and can be very useful to reduce the level of exposure of the equipment we are using. In this case, our computer.
What is Enhanced Navigation?
Google Chrome's enhanced browsing is one of the different options offered by Google that allow us to ensure that all our data is safe while we browse. It is a function that works automatically once we activate it and that works in the background to offer us protection that is more efficient and faster against any threat in which we are involved. With it, we will be better protected against any download, extension that we use or dangerous websites that we visit without realizing it.
As explained by Google on its website, when we use the enhanced browsing feature, the system itself analyses the risks to which we are exposed in elements without us being aware of it. To do this, it provides real-time security analysis to warn us about the websites we are visiting. In addition, it also serves to improve Google's ability to detect malware and identity theft attempts to protect all users who use its browser. But how should it be activated?
This is how you can activate enhanced navigation
To activate enhanced browsing, all you have to do is access your Google user account from the icon that we see in the upper right part of our browser. Once we click on “Manage your Google account”, we must click on the “Security” tab. If we scroll down, we will see that one of the first options that appears is “Enhanced secure browsing for your account”. If it is the first time you have entered this menu and you have never interacted with this option before, you will probably find that the function appears deactivated, which is how it comes by default.
Enabling it is very simple. All we have to do is click on the “Manage enhanced safe browsing for your account” button to check the different options offered by the browser. Once we click on this option, we must activate it. We will see how a pop-up window will appear that will inform us about everything that this activation entails. Mainly, it warns that we must send browsing data to Google so that it can carry out the relevant control. If we click on the “activate” button, which is located at the bottom, we can guarantee that we will have everything activated to browse safely with our browser.
