Google announced the launch of the new version of Chrome 86 and along with which is also available a stable version of the free Chromium project, which is the basis for Chrome.
In this new version of the browser, security improvements with mixed content, the release of FTP support and other things continue.
Main novelties of Chrome 86
This new version of the browser continue with improvements related to Mixed content, Ya que added protection against insecure form submission input on pages loaded over HTTPS, but sending data over HTTP.
Another change is that the disabled autocomplete of any mixed input form, In addition to the beginning of the input in mixed forms, a warning is provided.
Blocking unsafe downloads (no encryption) of executable files is complemented by blocking unsafe file downloads (zip, iso, etc.) and displaying warnings when downloading documents (docx, pdf, etc.).
The context menu shows by default the "Always show full URL" option, which previously required changing the settings on the about: flags page. The full URL can also be viewed by double clicking on the address bar.
In addition, the initiative resumed to eliminate FTP support continues. In Chrome 86, FTP it is disabled by default for about 1% of users and in Chrome 87, the disable coverage will increase to 50%, but support can be restored with "–enable-ftp" or "–enable-features = FtpProtocol".
In the Android version, by analogy with the version for desktop systems, the password manager implements the verification of logins and saved passwords against the database of compromised accounts with a warning in case of problems or attempts to use trivial passwords.
It has also been transferred to the Android version Button security check and improved Safe Browsing.
Backward cache support has been implemented, It provides an instant transition when using the "Back" and "Forward" buttons or when browsing previously viewed pages of the current site.
The optimization of CPU resource consumption by windows Out of range. Chrome checks if the browser window is overlapped by other windows and prevents pixels from being drawn in overlapping areas.
The HTTP User-Agent header unification work has resumed. In the new version, support for the User-Agent Client Hints mechanism is enabled for all users, which is being developed as a replacement for User-Agent.
And also It is highlighted that work has been done to translate the browser to the use of inclusive terminology. In policy names, the words "white list" and "black list" are replaced by "allowed list" and "block list" (policies that have already been added will continue to work, but a warning about disapproval will be displayed) .
How to update or install Google Chrome in Ubuntu and derivatives?
For those who are interested in being able to update to the new version of the browser on their systems, they can do so by following the instructions that we share below.
The first thing you should do is check if the update is already available, for this you have to go to chrome: // settings / help and the notification that there is an update will appear.
In case it is not so you must close your browser and you are going to open a terminal and type:
sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade
You open your browser again and it must have already been updated or the update notification will appear.
In case you want to install the browser or choose to download the deb package to update, we must 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
What a stupid thing about politically correct terms. Luckily I stopped using almost all Google services, and in the process of ending all