Google Chrome will automatically block out credit card info when screen sharing

Screen sharing, especially to a big audience, can be risky. Google has a new tool that could save people from themselves in this regard.

As spotted by Bleeping Computer, a new experimental flag has been added to Google Chrome that, if turned on, purports to automatically block "sensitive form fields" that include things like credit cards and passwords if the user is sharing or recording their screen from Android. Now, this feature is so experimental that it's not actually available to use yet, so it's impossible to say if it works or not. But, per Bleeping Computer, users of the Chrome Canary developer build should have access to it within the next month or so.

Ideally, you should really close any tabs with sensitive info in them before you start rolling on a screen-share or screen recording session. But, if you don't, this new Chrome feature could save you from a lot of hassle. It should be noted that Chrome already blocks users from screen sharing or recording in an Incognito window, so in a sense, one protection from Incognito mode is coming over to the regular Chrome view.

It's always nice when technology actually solves a problem instead of just adding more problems.