Fighting Unwanted Notifications with Machine Learning in Chrome
a year ago
- #Notifications
- #Chrome
- #Security
- Chrome is launching warnings for unwanted notifications on Android to combat spammy or deceptive notifications.
- The feature uses on-device machine learning to detect potentially harmful notifications without compromising user privacy.
- Users will see the site name, a warning message, and options to unsubscribe or view the flagged content.
- Notifications are analyzed locally; contents are not sent to Google, ensuring privacy.
- The machine learning model was trained using synthetic data from Gemini LLM and evaluated by human experts.
- Initially available only on Android, with potential expansion to other platforms in the future.
- Safety Check in Chrome allows users to review notification permission revocations.
- Chrome Security and Google Safe Browsing continuously monitor and evolve defenses against web threats.