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posted by CoolHand on Thursday November 01 2018, @03:24PM   Printer-friendly
from the sounds-like-a-great-idea dept.

This story from 9to5Google submitted via IRC for chromas

Enable JS for maximum security:

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and Google is announcing a slew of new features related to the sign-in process and account usage. New Google Account security protections include requiring JavaScript to be enabled when logging in and removing harmful apps during Security Checkup with Play Protect.

On the Account login page, Google runs a risk assessment that only allows the "sign-in if nothing looks suspicious." This analysis to protect against phishing requires that JavaScript be enabled, with Google noting that only .1% of users have it disabled. If that is the case, you will be prompted to enable it before signing in.

Chances are, JavaScript is already enabled in your browser; it helps power lots of the websites people use everyday. But, because it may save bandwidth or help pages load more quickly, a tiny minority of our users (0.1%) choose to keep it off. This might make sense if you are reading static content, but we recommend that you keep Javascript on while signing into your Google Account so we can better protect you

Once users are signed in, the Security Checkup feature now takes into account nefarious applications installed on Android devices, with Google Play Protect leveraged. You might be prompted to uninstall any harmful apps found on your phone, while Google recently beginning to recommend that users removed unused, but logged in devices.

Also at VentureBeat, ZDNet


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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 01 2018, @04:59PM (9 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 01 2018, @04:59PM (#756514)

    Hurray, I am the 1‰

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 01 2018, @05:16PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 01 2018, @05:16PM (#756519)

    You missed the decimal point right before the 1. You are the 0.1 %.

    • (Score: 3, Touché) by TrentDavey on Thursday November 01 2018, @05:28PM (2 children)

      by TrentDavey (1526) on Thursday November 01 2018, @05:28PM (#756525)

      ‰ = %/10

      • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 01 2018, @05:32PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 01 2018, @05:32PM (#756528)

        % is the percent sign. Google it.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 01 2018, @05:38PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 01 2018, @05:38PM (#756531)

        You're right, sorry.

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Thursday November 01 2018, @05:42PM (4 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday November 01 2018, @05:42PM (#756534) Journal

    Thanks for that. I didn't know there was a symbol for "per mille". When I saw the responses to your post, it took a search to figure it all out.

    For anyone who might still be confused - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_mille [wikipedia.org]

    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by zocalo on Thursday November 01 2018, @06:15PM (3 children)

      by zocalo (302) on Thursday November 01 2018, @06:15PM (#756543)
      I would actually prefer it if this were the more common statistical unit. The metric system is largely based on multiples of 1,000, so "per mille" would mean closer and more logical alignments between units - 10‰ of 1kg = 10g - so you'd basically just have to adjust the unit multipliers and leave the actual numbers alone, but I guess percent is just too entrenched, even in places where everything is firmly metric.
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      • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday November 01 2018, @07:06PM (2 children)

        by bob_super (1357) on Thursday November 01 2018, @07:06PM (#756567)

        Two digits is sufficient in most cases, but it is funny that we jump from % to ppm and ppb ... Must be some old habit from pre-metric times, like the Indians and Chinese having specific words for 10000.

        • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Thursday November 01 2018, @08:29PM (1 child)

          by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Thursday November 01 2018, @08:29PM (#756599) Homepage
          Johnny foreigner must have copied that concept off the perfectly decent English word "myriad"!
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