Google Chrome now asks for passwords to scan protected archives

Google Chrome introduced a two-tier, AI-assisted download warning system (suspicious vs dangerous) powered by Safe Browsing verdicts, and updated handling of password-protected archives: users with Enhanced Protection may have files and passwords uploaded for deeper scanning (deleted after scan), while Standard Protection checks only archive metadata locally. The changes aim to improve user decisions and reduce bypassed warnings, but raise privacy and corporate data-leak concerns about submitting archive passwords to Google.