Chrome 80.0.3987.87

The latest release of Google’s Chrome web browser, announced on February 4, includes fifty-six security fixes. As usual, details on all of the related vulnerabilities will not be released until a majority of users are updated with a fix.

The full change log for Chrome 80.0.3987.87 is a whopper, with over sixteen thousand changes in all. A little light reading for anyone with a few hours to spare. But hey, at this point if you don’t trust Google you probably shouldn’t be using Chrome. In the same way that you shouldn’t be using Windows 10 if you don’t trust Microsoft.

Chrome updates itself on its own mysterious schedule, unless you’ve taken extreme (and continuous) measures to prevent it. You can find out which version you’re running by navigating Chrome’s menu (hidden behind the three-vertical-dots menu button at the top right) to Help > About Google Chrome. If a newer version is available, you should see a button or link to install it.

About jrivett

Jeff Rivett has worked with and written about computers since the early 1980s. His first computer was an Apple II+, built by his father and heavily customized. Jeff's writing appeared in Computist Magazine in the 1980s, and he created and sold a game utility (Ultimaker 2, reviewed in the December 1983 Washington Apple Pi Journal) to international markets during the same period. Proceeds from writing, software sales, and contract programming gigs paid his way through university, earning him a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) degree at UWO. Jeff went on to work as a programmer, sysadmin, and manager in various industries. There's more on the About page, and on the Jeff Rivett Consulting site.

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