By Jake Peterson
Publication Date: 2026-05-29 16:30:00
Traditional security practices are excellent tools for protecting your digital life. If you use a unique password for each of your accounts and set up two-factor authentication (2FA) for any that support it, hackers will have a hard time getting at your data. However, even 2FA isn’t foolproof: Hackers still have tools to bypass your security measures and worm their way into your online spaces, through zero fault of your own.
Luckily, Google is now rolling out a new security measure that should reduce these vulnerabilities. As long as you’re running the latest version of Chrome, people looking to break into your accounts should now face a steeper uphill battle.
How session cookies put your accounts at risk
As reported by Bleeping Computer, Google officially rolled out “Device Bound Session Credentials” (DBSC) for Chrome this week. To understand DBSC, however, you have to understand how session cookies work. When you sign into a website on your browser, that site…
