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Hans India
21-05-2025
- Hans India
Chrome to Auto-Update Weak Passwords with One Click, Says Google
If you've been guilty of sticking with weak passwords like "password", 'abcd' and "1234",Google is now stepping in to help — automatically. At the Google I/O 2025 developer conference, the tech giant unveiled a new Chrome feature that will allow users to automatically update weak or compromised passwords on supported websites. Built into Google Password Manager, this enhancement goes beyond simply flagging insecure passwords — it can now fix them in a single click. 'When Chrome detects a compromised password during sign-in, Google Password Manager prompts the user with an option to fix it automatically,' the company shared in a blog post. 'On supported websites, Chrome can generate a strong replacement and update the password for the user automatically.' The aim is to remove friction from the process of improving password security — a task many users tend to procrastinate. 'If we tell you your password is weak, it's really annoying to actually have to change your password,' said Parisa Tabriz, Vice President and General Manager of Chrome, during a pre-I/O briefing. 'And we know that if something is annoying, people are not going to actually do it. So we see automatic password change as a win for safety, as well as usability.' Importantly, Google reassured users that Chrome will never change a password without their explicit approval. The browser will only act once the user agrees, keeping full control in their hands. 'We're very much focused on keeping the user in control of changing their password,' Tabriz emphasised. The auto-change feature is not entirely new — Google had previously introduced it through its Assistant on Android. But bringing the tool directly into Chrome means significantly broader access and ease of use, especially for those relying heavily on desktop or browser-based logins. This move highlights Google's continued efforts to improve both usability and security in everyday digital experiences. According to the company, the feature will be rolled out later this year, and in the meantime, developers are being encouraged to prepare their websites to support this update. The integration will not only help users stay safer online but will also enhance how password managers and login systems interact, ensuring a smoother, more secure internet for everyone.
India Today
21-05-2025
- India Today
Google Chrome will now automatically change your bad passwords, just like 1234 and done
Are you guilty of setting weak passwords and dreading the effort to update them across websites? Google is stepping in to help. At its I/O 2025 developer conference, the company announced a new Chrome feature that will automatically change weak or compromised passwords on supported websites because in 2025 – 1234 will not just cut it. Google revealed that this new feature is built upon Chrome's existing Google Password Manager, which already flags unsafe passwords. However, with this new update, the Password Manager will go a step further. Instead of simply alerting users to problems like "1234" or "password", Chrome will offer to fix the problem in one click — automatically generating a strong password and updating it on the user's Chrome detects a compromised password during sign-in, Google Password Manager prompts the user with an option to fix it automatically,' the company noted in a blog post. 'On supported websites, Chrome can generate a strong replacement and update the password for the user automatically.' According to Google, the goal is to solve a common issue: most users know they should use strong, unique passwords, but often avoid the hassle of changing them — even when warned.'If we tell you your password is weak, it's really annoying to actually have to change your password. And we know that if something is annoying, people are not going to actually do it. So we see automatic password change as a win for safety, as well as usability,' said Parisa Tabriz, Vice President and General Manager of Chrome, in a pre-I/O Google highlights that automatic password changes will not happen without the user's consent. The company noted that Chrome won't modify any password unless the user explicitly agrees to it. So while the browser is smart enough to catch vulnerabilities and handle replacements, it will never do so silently or without permission. 'We're very much focused on keeping the user in control of changing their password,' Tabriz the automated password change feature isn't entirely new — Google previously introduced it via Assistant on Android. However, integrating it directly into Chrome will make the tool significantly more accessible and widely will roll out the feature later this year. Right now, Google is encouraging developers and websites to prepare for this functionality by implementing the necessary changes for the update. These tweaks will make it easier for browsers and password managers to interact with login systems more efficiently.
The Guardian
14-05-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Tractor SC complete journey to upset Iran's establishment and claim historic title
The league title was won with games to spare by a coach in his first season, leaving fans in the north-west of the country to wait for the official presentation of the trophy. Jamie Carragher said on Sunday that 'Liverpool as a city feels like it is 'us against the world' but that is nothing when compared to those who follow Tractor SC, a club that brings hope, unity and a voice to millions of Azerbaijani Turks, the largest minority in Iran. Now they have a first Iranian championship to celebrate. That journey to the very top took 55 years. It started when the state-owned tractor company set up a team for its workers and residents in Tabriz, the biggest city in the Iran's East Azerbaijan province as a whole, not far from the border with Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan. The relationship with the club and Tehran has been mixed ever since, especially as Tractor, after not doing much for quite a while, started to become a force on the pitch as well as a focal point off it. A people with their own language, culture and history who have long felt discriminated against and marginalised by governments (post- and pre-Islamic revolution in 1979) that have pursued Persia-centric policies in a diverse and ancient nation. Supporting the football club has become a way to push back and assert Azeri pride and identity (songs recall ancient heroes), advocate for more representation in Iran (chants in 2012 demanded a better response from the government after a major earthquake) and, sometimes, simply annoy the powers-that-be. It is not surprising that there is ire from Tehran when fans chant slogans invoking the names of capitals from other countries. 'Tabriz, Baku, Ankara, our path leads elsewhere than the path of the Persians.' Shouting that the 'Persian Gulf' should be called the 'Arabian Gulf' is also a surefire way to upset many in the capital and elsewhere, as Donald Trump and his administration will find out if they try to do so. The Iranian government, suspicious of large crowds even when they are gathered to support the national team, are wary of Tractor's pulling power. This season, there has been an average of over 42,000. They are a big draw away, too. On visits to Tehran to take on the twin titans of Persepolis and Esteghlal, thousands come to support them in the cavernous Azadi Stadium. Persepolis may traditionally be the club of the capital's working class in contrast to Esteghlal, the establishment's team, but for Tractor both are part of the ruling regime. These games can be bad-tempered. In 2018, there were 15,000 away fans, swapping ethnic insults with Esteghlal supporters but security forces waded in when the visitors started chanting 'death to the dictator', namely Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Now Tractor have football-related chants to rile Persepolis and Esteghlal, winners of around two-thirds of all the league titles in Iranian history. On 2 May, a 4-0 victory in Shams Azar clinched the championship with two games to spare. Fans in Tabriz and in other cities in the region took to the streets and partied. It was a long night but then it had been a long time coming. In 2018, one of the richest men in Iran, Mohammad Reza Zonouzi, took over the club. The billionaire brought in John Toshack as coach. It wasn't a random appointment. As well as taking Swansea City through the divisions in the 1970s and 80s, then going on to manage Real Madrid, the former Liverpool forward had also coached Besiktas in Turkey and led Khazar Lankaran to the Azerbaijan Super Cup in 2013. Soon after, Harry Forrester and Lee Erwin left Rangers and Kilmarnock respectively to join up with the Welshman, as did the former Celtic star and Republic of Ireland international Anthony Stokes. Big-name Iranians also made the move, such as the former Fulham and Wolfsburg midfielder Ashkan Dejagah as well as Ehsan Hajsafi and Masoud Shojaei. That trio stayed three years but Toshack lasted just three months. Despite the spending – unprecedented in Iranian football, especially with sanctions and inflation restricting financial power – it did not happen for the Welshman with just nine points from the first six games and a Hazfi Cup elimination. Sign up to Football Daily Kick off your evenings with the Guardian's take on the world of football after newsletter promotion That dismissal seemed harsh (Sven-Göran Eriksson was supposed to be the replacement) and set the scene for coaches and players to come and go over the following years. The title remained absent but then came Dragan Skocic last summer. The Croat led Iran through qualification for the 2022 World Cup but was fired in July of that year, reinstated days later and then jettisoned in favour of Carlos Queiroz just weeks before the tournament started. Skocic brought in Iran's first-choice goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand as well as Mehdi Torabi, Danial Esmaeilifar and Shoja Khalilzadeh. There was some controversy as the first three were all signed directly from Persepolis and the fourth is a former player of that club (also, Torabi is still remembered for lifting up his shirt in the past to reveal pro-government slogans). While these were not the big names of the last decade – the same is true of the foreign imports – they were solid, experienced players. The Red Wolves reached the top of the league at about a third of the way through the campaign and pretty much stayed there for the duration. Next is Asia. Iran has just one automatic place in the group stage of AFC Champions League Elite, so it may be that the rest of the country will get behind its only guaranteed representative – but then maybe not. Regardless, Tractor will plough on.
Time of India
27-04-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Google's browser GM to court: Google is the only company that can run Chrome, calls the very idea to sell it ... as rivals come with price tag
Google contends that its widely used Chrome web browser is uniquely intertwined with other Alphabet Inc. services, making it the only entity capable of offering its current level of features and functionality. This assertion, according to a report in Bloomberg, was made by Parisa Tabriz , Chrome's general manager, during her testimony Friday (April 25) in the ongoing Justice Department's antitrust case against the tech giant. Why only Google can run Chrome browser Speaking in Washington federal court before Judge Amit Mehta, who is presiding over a three-week hearing to determine remedies for Google's illegal search market monopoly, Tabriz emphasized the extensive collaboration involved in Chrome's development. "Chrome today represents 17 years of collaboration between the Chrome people and the rest of Google," she stated, adding that "trying to disentangle that is unprecedented." Tabriz explained that several key Chrome features, such as its safe browsing mode and password compromise alerts, rely on shared Google infrastructure that extends beyond the browser itself. "I don't think it could be recreated," she asserted. Her testimony came in response to the Justice Department's proposed remedies, which include forcing Google to sell off its Chrome browser and share some of the data it uses to generate search results. The DOJ has also asked Judge Mehta to prohibit Google from paying for search engine defaults, a ban that would encompass Google's AI products like Gemini, which the government argues benefited from the company's search monopoly. Google's Chrome is the dominant browser globally, holding an estimated 66% market share as of March, according to Statcounter. While based on the open-source Chromium Project, which receives contributions from companies like Meta and Microsoft, Google maintains proprietary control over Chrome. Chrome supports rival AI platforms Tabriz also discussed Google's efforts to integrate artificial intelligence into Chrome. She noted that users can currently add extensions for OpenAI 's ChatGPT and Perplexity AI, and that Gemini is presently the default AI assistant within the browser. "Most browsers are experimenting with AI and launching features," she said, pointing to Microsoft's integration of its AI Copilot into Bing and Edge. Internal Google documents revealed the company's ambition to evolve Chrome into an "agentic browser" capable of automating tasks like form filling, research, and shopping using AI agents. In a 2024 email, Tabriz envisioned "a future of multiple agents, where Chrome integrates deeply with Gemini as a primary agent and one we'll prioritize and enable users to engage with multiple 3P agents on the web in both consumer and enterprise settings." Google Chrome browser will sell for more than $50 billion, say rivals Meanwhile, Gabriel Weinberg, CEO of privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo, reportedly testified earlier in the week said that Google's Chrome browser could fetch a price "upwards of $50 billion" if put on the market. Weinberg described this as a "back-of-the-envelope" calculation based on Chrome's extensive user base, noting it was beyond DuckDuckGo's acquisition capacity. This valuation exceeds a previous estimate of around $20 billion by a Bloomberg Intelligence analyst. The significant potential price tag could pose a challenge for any companies interested in acquiring Chrome should Judge Mehta order a divestment. Executives from AI firms OpenAI and Perplexity had earlier expressed potential interest in purchasing Chrome if such a mandate were issued. The ongoing hearing will determine the extent of the remedies Google will face following the court's ruling on its search monopoly.
Mint
27-04-2025
- Business
- Mint
Google flags Chrome sale as ‘unprecedented' amid US antitrust trial, says ‘don't think it can be recreated'
Big Tech firm, Google, believes that the company's search engine arm, Chrome, would suffer in anyone else's hands, amid an ongoing trial over market dominance at the Justice Department in the United States, reported the news agency Bloomberg on April 26. Parisa Tabriz, the general manager of Google Chrome, at the Washington federal court, said that trying to 'disentangle' the firm is 'unprecedented' as the company represents 17 years of collaboration between the people of Chrome. 'Trying to disentangle that is unprecedented,' said Tabriz, cited the news agency. 'Chrome today represents 17 years of collaboration between the Chrome people,' she said. As per multiple media reports, the general manager made it clear that the Big Tech firm is being forced to sell its browser Chrome, which provides features like safe browsing mode, a system which notifies users if their passwords are compromised. The company also uses shared Google infrastructure, which is not solely within Chrome's purview, reported the agency, citing Tabriz. 'I don't think it could be recreated,' she said, according to the report. The United States Justice Department has asked Google to sell its Chrome browser and share some of the data it collects to create its search results, according to earlier reports. Judge Amit Mehta is overseeing the trial on what changes Google should implement to change its business practices after he found that the tech major was illegally monopolising the market. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the Justice Department on Monday, April 21, urged a federal Judge (Amit Mehta) to help Google reduce its market dominance in the search engine industry. 'This court has an opportunity to remedy a monopoly that has controlled the internet for today's generation and restore competition for decades to come,' he said as per the news report citing Justice Department lawyer David Dahlquist. The trial is over how Google should face serious consequences for its monopolist conduct, including the ordered sale of its Chrome browser business, termination of agreements which give it a default place on smartphones and other devices, along with the mandate to provide its competitors with the data. Parisa Tabriz also reportedly mentioned that the Chrome team is working to infuse artificial intelligence (AI) into the browser to make it more 'agentic' giving users the automation benefits like those from filling out forms to doing research to shopping, according to a Fortune report. (LiveMint couldn't independently verify the report.) First Published: 27 Apr 2025, 06:01 PM IST
