Google Chrome will soon protect your home network from malicious websites

Its easy to forget that the web browsers we use on a daily basis on our laptops or smartphones are more than just a bunch of stacked tabs. A browser is the layer of software that lets us use the internet in easy, meaningful ways. That is precisely why is it crucial that browsers also added some security features to help protect us from the threats of the web.

Google Chrome, one of the world’s most popular browsers has just taken a big step to combat this. The browser has revealed that in an upcoming update, Chrome will add new security measures that will be capable of detecting and blocking hacking attempts on your device.

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The development comes shortly after Google Chrome recently released its Android Safe Browsing feature to combat phishing and malware on smartphones.

How this will work

As per a new report on the Chrome Platform Status website, first spotted by XDA Developers, Chrome will soon perform a quick check before allowing a website access to your network devices. This will prevent malicious websites from accessing your other home devices that are connected on the same wired/wireless network.

Chrome will check if the request to connect to more devices is from a legitimate, trusted device, and if the target device even allows for connection requests of the kind. Of course, this will only apply to websites that you visit with the Chrome browser.

This would basically make Google Chrome a real-time monitor against websites attempting to access devices on your network – like an anti-virus, but for the web.

Why the feature is still under testing

If you haven’t already figured it out, the new blocking mechanism may also end up blocking legitimate connections that you actually want. This is why Google is still testing the feature out, and the browser plans to show a warning for these trusted sites instead of an outright blocking.

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Until this is fixed, and any other bugs are ironed out, the security feature is likely to still be in its early-access stage. This means that if you’re a Chrome user, you may still have to wait for a few weeks (or more) for the feature to be released on your device.