Google has many useful features. With the Enhanced spell check feature, what you type in Google is sent to the server to check whether the grammar and style are correct. This feature may seem important to you, but when you think about the security of the data, it becomes a point of contention.
An investigation shows that when you type the user ID and password into the browser, it may also go to Google servers. Google Chrome has an option of ‘Reveal Password’ in its settings. When you click here, all login details go to Google servers.
Instigation also states that Google cannot prevent it even if it wants to. Because the password is treated as plain text on the server when you want to check the spelling.
Google states that important information is stored on Google’s servers only for a temporary period. Google is working to ensure that passwords are not automatically processed and that the entire system is reliable.
Instigation also reveals that Microsoft’s browser works on the same system. If you check Grammar in the Microsoft Edge browser, it also goes to their servers.
Tech experts suggest that Microsoft is slightly more reliable than Google in this regard. Because Microsoft uses cloud-based technology based on artificial intelligence to check spelling and sentences. Other software including Google should use this technology soon.
It might be best not to use the Enhanced spell check feature unless you need it very much. However, many say that Google’s password manager feature is quite reliable.