Google Is Updating Chrome to Protect Users From Being Redirected

Google is rolling out three major changes to its Chrome web browser that should help protect users from unwanted content like those unexpected redirects that navigate people to webpages they have no interest in.

Unwanted content is a big issue for Chrome users. Google says 1 out of every 5 feedback reports from Chrome users on desktop encounter this problem. So it’s making three improvements.

Third-Party Redirects

A URL redirects is when a user is unexpectedly redirected to a different webpage. These redirects often comes from third-party content embedded in the page, and the page author didn’t intend the redirect to happen at all, Google product manager Ryan Schoen wrote in a blog post.

In the Chrome 64 release, all redirects originating from third-party frames will now show an information bar instead of redirecting, unless the user had been interacting with that frame. This will keep the user on the page they were reading, and prevent those surprising redirects, Schoen wrote. The Chrome 64 release is scheduled for January 23