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Dangerous roads will be warned by Google's system and promises to help drivers during trips

Written by Bruno Teles
Published 04/01/2023 às 12:02
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Who hasn't been on a vacation or work trip by car and had to enter dangerous roads, having to go through some trouble? This promises to stay away from the next trips with the launch that Google brings in a revolutionary system.

Waze, the application of Google, gained a new feature that notifies users of dangerous roads based on traffic data. With the latest beta version of Waze, users can find high-risk roads in red on the map, though this may differ if users frequently follow specific roads, suggests a report by The Verge.

Mechanisms included in the system against dangerous roads

This latest feature also shows pop-up notifications related to dangerous roads to keep you cautious. It's worth noting that the only countries with access to the beta version of the Waze app will get a pop-up that says, "Using reports from drivers and their routes, you can see collision history alerts on certain dangerous roads," the report read. .

According to reports, the feature is currently in a beta version of the app and will soon be available to all users. Meanwhile, the US technology giant EUA also plans to release a new feature to protect users from malicious and suspicious HTTP downloads.

Learn about the system for analyzing dangerous roads

Notably, when a user visits any HTTP site, the Google Chrome classifies it as “Not Secure” in the address bar of Android smartphones. According to a report by 9to5Google, Google is planning to introduce a security feature that will eventually block any insecure download that users want to open through HTTP websites. It is worth noting that in recent years, the American browser has tried to make Chrome a secure platform, encouraging users to use only HTTPS sites.

As you remember, by default Google Chrome also blocks safe websites from using insecure web forms. Recently, the tech giant was spotted creating a new toggle in settings to "always use a secure connection".

Once enabled, the browser will attempt to upgrade to the HTTPS version of the website, preventing users from accidentally navigating to an insecure version. Also, if there is no safe version, the browser will prompt the user on the screen asking if they want to continue and access more information about the dangerous roads.

Bruno Teles

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