Google Chrome’s on-device machine learning blocks notification requests and could adjust your browser buttons
by Richard Lawler from The Verge - All Posts on (#6064F)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google Chrome has built-in phishing detection that scans pages to see if they match known fake or malicious sites (using more than just the URL, since scammers rotate those more quickly than it can keep up). And, now, that tech is getting better. Google also says that, in Chrome 102, it will use machine learning that runs entirely within the browser (without sending data back to Google or elsewhere) to help identify websites that make unsolicited permission requests for notifications and silence them before they pop up.
As Google explains it, To further improve the browsing experience, we're also evolving how people interact with web notifications. On the one hand, page notifications help deliver updates from sites you care about; on...