Recientemente the new version of the popular web browser Google Chrome 80 was released along with which it was also released in parallel with Chromium. This new version of Google Chrome 80 comes with a series of quite interesting changes of which to a small group of users received the function of grouping tabs, which allows you to combine multiple similar tabs into visually separate groups.
Each group can be associated with its own color and name. Users who are not in the first wave of activation can enable grouping support through the option «chrome: // flags / # tab-groups«.
On the other hand, an initial protection against content downloading stands out mixed media (when the assets are loaded on the HTTPS page using the http: // protocol).
On pages opened via HTTPS, now the links "http: //" to "https: //" in the blocks associated with playing audio and video files will be replaced automatically. If the audio or video resource is not available via https, then your download is blocked (You can manually dial the lock through the menu, accessible via the lock symbol in the address bar).
Images will continue to upload unchanged (auto-replace will be used in Chrome 81), but CSP properties update insecure update requests and block all mixed content for site developers to replace with https or block images. For scripts and iframes, mixed content blocking has already been implemented before.
Another change that presents this new version, is the gradual deactivation of FTP support. By default, FTP support is maintained, but an experiment was carried out in which a certain percentage of users for FTP support is disabled.
Also, Chrome 80 introduces support for the Scroll-To-Text feature, who allows you to create links to individual words or phrases without explicitly indicating the tags in the document using the "a name" tag or the "id" property. (The syntax for such links is planned to be approved as a web standard, which is still in the draft stage.)
Last but not least, Chome 80 features a protection against annoying notifications related to authority confirmation.
Since such activity, for example, (spam requests to receive push notifications) interrupts the user's work and distracts attention from actions in confirmation dialogs, in Chrome 80 instead of a separate dialog, it is now You can display an informational tip in the address bar that warns you about blocking the authorization request, which then becomes an indicator with a crossed-out bell.
By clicking on the indicator, the user can activate or reject the requested permission at any convenient time. Automatically, the new mode will be selectively enabled for users who previously blocked such requests, as well as for sites where a large percentage of rejected requests is recorded.
In addition to innovations and fixes of errors, it is mentioned that 56 vulnerabilities were fixed in the new version.
Many of the vulnerabilities identified by the automated testing tools AddressSanitizer, MemorySanitizer, LibFuzzer, and AFL.
Additionally, as part of the cash rewards program to detect vulnerabilities for the current version, Google paid out 37 prizes worth $ 48,000 (one of $ 10,000, three of $ 5,000, three of $ 3,000, four of $ 2,000, three of of $ 1,000 and six of $ 500).
Finally, if you want to know more about this launch, you can check the details in the following link
How to install Google Chrome 80 on Ubuntu and derivatives?
For those who are interested in being able to install the browser on their systems, they can do so by following the instructions that we share below.
For this we are going to go to the web page of the browser to obtain the deb package and to be able to install it in our system with the help of the package manager or from the terminal. The link is this.
Once the package is obtained, we only have to install with the following command:
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb