Manage Citrio safety and security

For a more private and secure browsing experience, you can use Citrio’s safety features, like Safety Check and Safe Browsing.
Compromised passwords

If you notice an unfamiliar activity on your account or think that your password may have been compromised, change your password immediately. Learn how to secure a compromised Google Account.

To change your password from another site, follow the instructions in Citrio. Learn how to manage passwords.

Safe Browsing protection levels
With Google Safe Browsing, you get alerts about malware, risky extensions, phishing or sites on Google’s list of potentially unsafe sites. Learn how to choose Safe Browsing protection level.
Automatic Citrio updates
To make sure you're protected by the latest security updates, when available, Citrio can automatically update to the newest browser version.  Learn how to update Citrio.
On-device encryption for passwords
Important: Make sure you’ve already set up on-device encryption. Learn how to set up on-device encryption.

Once on-device encryption is set up, you can use your Google password or the screen lock for compatible phones or tablets to unlock your password. This type of encryption means that only you have the key to unlock your passwords.

Run a Safety Check on an Android device

Citrio runs Safety Check automatically to help you find and fix privacy and security problems.
You can review your Citrio's privacy and security with Safety Check. Safety Check searches for:
  • Compromised, reused, or weak passwords: To ensure your online security, Safety Check can warn you if a username or password stored in the Google Password Manager was involved in a data breach. Learn more about how Citrio protects your passwords.
  • Safe Browsing status: To ensure you’re protected against malware, phishing, and other risks, Safety Check can occasionally remind you to review your Safe Browsing settings. Learn more about Safe Browsing protection in Citrio.
  • Available Citrio updates: To ensure that you’re protected by the latest security updates, Safety Check can occasionally remind you to update Citrio.
  • Potentially unwanted notifications: From time to time, Citrio will remind you to review your notification permission grants.
  • Unused site permissions: To protect your data, Citrio removes permissions from sites you haven't used recently.
  • Abusive notifications: Notification permissions are removed by Citrio from sites that Google Safe Browsing finds to be deceiving users into granting the permission.
  1. On your Android device, open Citrio Citrio.
  2. At the top right, tap More and then Settings.
  3. Tap Safety check.
  4. If Citrio finds any issues:
    1. Tap the item with the issue.
    2. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Tip: When Safety Check takes action, Citrio will notify you if there are issues that need your attention. These messages will show up on your new tab page. You can select the item with the issue and follow the on-screen instructions.
Turn on Always use secure connections

When a website’s URL has HTTPS, it can indicate a secure connection. Connections to sites that use HTTPS are more secure than those that don’t.

When you turn on Always use secure connections, Citrio upgrades URLs to use HTTPS and displays a warning before you visit a site that doesn’t support it.

  1. On your Android device, open Citrio Citrio.
  2. At the top right, tap More and then Settings and then Privacy and security.
  3. Under “Security,” turn on Always use secure connections.
  4. Select your preferred configuration:
    • Warns you for insecure public sites: Does not warn you for private sites, like your company's intranet.
    • Warns you for insecure public & private sites: Warns you for both public sites and private sites, like your company's intranet.

Tip: When you’re about to load a site that doesn’t use HTTPS in its URL, you'll find a “Not Secure” warning in the address bar.

Turn on Warn you if a password was compromised in a data breach
  1. On your Android device, open Citrio Citrio.
  2. At the top right, tap More and then Settings and then Privacy and security.
  3. Under “Security,” turn on Warn you if a password was compromised in a data breach.
Use a secure connection to look up a site’s IP address

When you visit a site, Citrio looks up the site’s host server’s IP address. To protect your privacy and security, if secure Domain Name System (DNS) lookup is turned on, Citrio encrypts your information during the lookup process.

By default, secure DNS in Citrio is turned on in automatic mode. If Citrio has issues looking up a site in this mode, it'll look up the site in the unencrypted mode.

You can select a custom provider. When you select a custom provider, Citrio won't default to unencrypted mode. If you have issues, like error messages, you can check your provider setting or turn secure DNS off. The error messages may say that the server’s IP address couldn't be found.

Important: If your device is managed or parental controls are turned on, you can’t use Citrio’s secure DNS feature.

To turn secure DNS on or off:
  1. On your Android device, open Citrio Citrio.
  2. At the top right, tap More and then Settings and then Privacy and security.
  3. Under “Security,” tap Use secure DNS.
  4. Turn on or off Use secure DNS.
  5. Select your current or another service provider.
Manage V8 security settings
Important: To improve site performance, V8 optimizations are turned on by default.
For additional security but reduced site performance, you can turn off the “V8 optimizer.”
  1. On your Android device, open Citrio Citrio.
  2. At the top right, tap More and then Settings and then Privacy and security.
  3. Under “Security,” tap Javascript optimization and security.
  4. Turn off Javascript optimization and security.

Tips:

  • You can also specify which URLs can use the V8 optimizer. To add the URL of websites that are allowed or not allowed to use V8 optimizer, tap Add site exception.
  • In the “Site settings,” you can also turn off the "V8 optimizer."
Android Advanced Protection mode in Citrio

You can help protect Citrio browser on your Android device with Android Advanced Protection. This feature is designed to reduce the number of potential entry points for attackers, helping keep your data more secure.

Understand Android Advanced Protection settings

  1. On your Android device, open Citrio Citrio.
  2. At the top right, tap More and then Settings and then Privacy and security.
  3. Tap Android Advanced Protection is on.

Tips:

  • The following Citrio settings are controlled by Android Advanced Protection:
    • Always use secure connections: This feature is turned on and "Warns you for insecure public & private sites" is selected. To ensure safer browsing, Citrio automatically uses HTTPS for all website connections whenever possible.
    • Android Safe Browsing: To block phishing attacks from new malicious websites, “Android Safe Browsing Live Threat Protection” is turned on.
    • JavaScript optimization and security: When Advanced Protection is on, “JavaScript optimizations” are turned off.
  • You can turn Advanced Protection on or off in your device’s Settings app. Learn how to turn off device protection.

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