This policy could hurt new developers who rely on income from their work, and it could lock out talented developers who can't afford to wait those months.įor more Google news, check out how Google Search made sharing links easier, how to make room in your Google Drive and what to know about Google's Bard. Google requires new developers to follow the developer program policies for a few months before they can be labeled as trusted. If you're a new extension developer, you have to wait for Google to say your product can be trusted. This will open your Mac’s proxy settings in System Preferences. Select System in the left pane and click the Open your computer’s proxy settings option. However, according to a study from Princeton and Stanford universities, anonymized data, including search histories, can be linked to social media profiles using publicly available data.Įnhanced Safe Browsing could also hurt developers. Click on the three-dot menu in the top-right corner of the Chrome browser and go to Settings. According to Google, this is to tailor protections to your specific situation, and this data is anonymized after a short period of time to protect users. If you are signed into Chrome, your Google account is also temporarily linked to your browsing data. If you turn on Enhanced Safe Browsing, you share more data, like what your are downloading, with Google. These protections are nice, but there are a few drawbacks. Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images There are some drawbacks to Enhanced Safe browsing mode, though.
