URL – Spress https://en.spress.net Spress is a general newspaper in English which is updated 24 hours a day. Thu, 17 Jun 2021 22:21:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 191965906 Google cancels the hidden full URL function of the Chrome browser https://en.spress.net/google-cancels-the-hidden-full-url-function-of-the-chrome-browser/ Thu, 17 Jun 2021 22:21:07 +0000 https://en.spress.net/google-cancels-the-hidden-full-url-function-of-the-chrome-browser/ IT House, June 13 news Google believes that in today’s network environment, URLs are still the main way users determine the identity and authenticity of a site, but URLs can easily deceive people’s eyes.

For example, an attacker can manipulate the URL in a variety of ways to confuse users with the identity of the website, thereby achieving phishing, social engineering, and online fraud. A study showed that when misleading brand names appear in URLs, more than 60% of users are deceived.

In order to avoid such problems, Google chose to hide the complete URL in the address bar of the Chrome browser many years ago.

Recently, a commit merged by Google in Chromium showed thatThe development team has deleted the function code to hide the URL.The reason is that this experimental feature has no effect on related safety indicators, so it is not going to be officially launched.

IT Home has learned that after Google launched the hide URL function, although it has received great controversy, it still insists on choosing to promote it, and said that this function is as important as HTTPS. In subsequent version updates, the hide URL function has been optimized a lot, and it has been offline for a short time, but it has since become the default enabled item.

]]> 24659 How to block ‘my house 3 generations’ ads on YouTube https://en.spress.net/how-to-block-my-house-3-generations-ads-on-youtube/ Thu, 03 Jun 2021 13:50:07 +0000 https://en.spress.net/how-to-block-my-house-3-generations-ads-on-youtube/ If you are tired of annoying ads, you can install the SkyTube application to limit the situation.
SkyTube is an open source Android app that users can install to replace the official YouTube app. SkyTube offers a watch-only experience, which means it doesn’t support signing in with a Google account. However, you can still subscribe to channels, bookmark favorite videos, etc.

Besides, SkyTube also supports a lot of useful features that the official YouTube app does not support, including the ability to block malicious channels, block ads (in and out of videos), allow users to download videos for offline playback, play videos in the background (when the screen is off)… SkyTube is currently available for free at https://skytube-app.com/ or you can install the app through the F-Droid app store. SkyTube’s interface is quite simple. Photo: MINH HOANG SkyTube’s interface is quite simple, the application will display videos by category, such as Featured (featured), Trending (trending), Bookmarks (marked videos) or downloaded videos. To search for a video, you can click on the magnifying glass icon, then enter the corresponding keyword or paste the video’s URL (link) directly. Next to it is the option to block malicious channels (the shield icon). When opening any video, you can use gestures to control. For example, swipe from the right edge to the left to open the comment section, swipe up from the bottom to open the description, slide up and down on the screen to increase or decrease the brightness, volume, etc. SkyTube supports ad blocking in videos. Photo: MINH HOANG Overall, SkyTube is quite a useful application, equipped with many unique features, worthy of being an alternative to the official YouTube application. Note, if you have enough money, users should buy YouTube Premium to not be bothered by ads on YouTube.

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