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How to Prevent Chrome from Saving Your Credit Card Info

It may only save you a few seconds, but you may opt to use an auto-fill feature. But while it may be great to sign in faster, when dealing with information such as your financial data, speed may not matter so much. There are options such as LastPass that can save your sensitive information, but should you keep such details on your Chrome browser? If you’re uncomfortable with Chrome saving your credit card information, there is a way to prevent that from happening. Related: How to Use Extension Police to Examine Your Chrome Extensions How to Prevent Chrome from Saving Your Financial Data – Desktop… Read more

Which Opera Browser Should You Use in Android?

If you’re part of the roughly two percent of the Internet that uses the Opera desktop browser (a perfectly respectable choice, to be sure), congratulations on being different! You may have also looked into getting your favorite browser for Android, only to find yourself confronted with three options, each bearing the Opera logo: Opera, Opera Mini, and Opera Touch. Each of these browsers is a legitimate Opera product, but they’re all designed for different audiences and use cases. Their other product on the Play store, “Opera News,” doesn’t do any web browsing at all, just news aggregation. As you might suspect, Opera is their standard… Read more

Chrome Update Syncs Browser to Windows Dark Mode

Many people enjoy using dark mode options in software to save their eyes from strain. Unfortunately, even if you tell Windows 10 to use dark mode, this doesn’t “transfer over” to other software. This means you’re always blinded by new software while you desperately hunt for the dark mode toggle! If you dislike having to turn dark mode on and off in every program you use, Chrome may soon make that a thing of the past. While it’s not on the main browser update branch as of yet, an exciting update has hit Chrome’s beta branch. This update allows Chrome to look at what the… Read more

How to Fix Scrolling Not Working Issue in Chrome

You’re using Chrome like any other day, but for some reason the scrolling is not working. The scrolling feature works fine on other browsers but not on Chrome. Since this is something that you continuously do to move around on a site, this is something that needs to be fixed ASAP. If you notice that this also happens on other browsers and programs, there is a good chance there is something wrong with your mouse. But, if this only happens on Chrome, the following tips should help you fix the issue. Reset Chrome If you don’t mind starting over, resetting Chrome might fix the scrolling… Read more

How to Use Extension Police to Examine Your Chrome Extensions

Browser extensions are small software modules that allow for customization of a web browser and make your browsing experience more enjoyable. Browsers typically allow a variety of extensions, including user interface modifications, ad blocking, and cookie management. However, not all extensions are useful. Some can invade your privacy, or worse, steal your personal data. Because extensions run in your browser, malicious extensions can use their access to snoop on your browsing or capture credit card numbers or passwords. There’s also a risk of these extensions taking screenshots of any open tab, saving or adding cookies, injecting JavaScript, liking Facebook posts, or visiting sites in the… Read more