Google brings virtual credit cards and more privacy tools

According to Google’s statements, the software company would like them privacy simultaneously information Protect your users better and more efficiently. With that in mind, Google has the same I/O as part of its developer conferences. many tools announced, with which Google users* more possibilities Go do this.

First of all, it’s about them Google Account Security And this Phishing email protection, On the one hand, with the help of artificial intelligence, Google wants to be even more precise in identifying whether emails are trustworthy or phishing emails.

yellow alert icon for google accounts

Google, on the other hand, will introduce a new layer of security. For example, in the future, Google users will be warned if they behave suspiciously. Yellow alarm signal on profile photo been displayed.

If this symbol appears on the profile photo, it means that there were irregularities that require action by the user – for example, if any new login Still on unknown device or something similar.

Secure future without password

On top of this, Google is stepping up its efforts towards wider coverage multi-factor authentication want to force. Just a few days ago, the group announced that, along with the FIDO Alliance, a password free future work done,

virtual credit card

For the Google Pay payment service, a virtual credit card come into being. This means that the virtual Google credit card is switched between the seller and the customer. The virtual credit card cannot be used outside of Google Pay and its main purpose is to prevent credit card misuse.

it must be privacy simultaneously Security Users are better protected as the online shop never sees the actual credit card of the user. At the same time, the virtual credit card a . For better user experience Because it means you no longer need to type in long card numbers or enter 3-digit card security numbers.

Virtual credit card required later this year Available according to Google. It will also be a service for Google users for free Happen.

control advertising algorithm

For example, anyone who sees an ad on YouTube will have more options in the future To control the advertising profile, As Google demonstrated at I/O, this is done through a new menu item where you can state whether you’re interested in a particular ad.

In the future, you can also use this menu item to access your own advertising profile. There many individual parameters Listed, such as age, gender, relationship status, education, hobbies and more. All these parameters can be changed by the users in future be adjustedTo optimize the accuracy of ads.

“We want to give users more power over the algorithm,” it said in the presentation. Will have access to the new advertising profile later this year Open – Worldwide. However, this target group profile only applies to Google services and Google apps.