Google has added a few security tools to protect your passwords and financial information saved on Chrome’s autofill better. One of these features will be use biometric information, like fingerprint etc, to verify your identity when you want to use your credit card online.Google has rolled out a couple of security tools to protect the financial information and passwords that you saved with Chrome’s autofill feature. One of them will allow you to verify your identity using biometric information, such as your fingerprint, whenever you want to use your credit card online.
Currently, these autofills on Chrome need you to type in your cards CVC number every time when you use it. According to reports, once you switch to biometric authentication, you will just need to type in your CVC code only the first time you can use your card. Switching to biometric authentication is wholly optional and can be accessed from Chrome’s Setting page.
This feature will help to prevent card loss and theft since you can do not need to use your CVC anymore in the public. This biometric authentication feature is already available on Chrome for Windows and the Mac and is coming to Android soon. Google has also updated Chrome’s touch-to-fill dialogue box so you get both your username and password offered when you log in and you will no longer need to scroll through form fields. This feature is coming to Chrome for Android soon as well.
Currently, autofill requires you to type in your card’s CVC every time you use it. But if you choose to switch on biometric authentication — it’s completely optional and can be found in Chrome’s Settings page — you only have to type in your CVC the first time you use a card. This could be help to prevent card loss or theft, since you don’t need to take out your CC anymore in case you’re in public. You can already rely on the feature to retrieve your card details on Chrome for Windows and Mac, and it’s coming to Android in the next few weeks.
The tech giant has also updated Chrome’s touch-to-fill dialog box, so that you’re presented with both your username and password when you need to log in. You don’t need to scroll to their form fields one by one anymore and simply have to choose one of the log-in credential pairs in the box if you have more than one. Google says this feature is arriving on Chrome for Android in the coming weeks, as well.