Electronic device with group action sharing of security filtering for third-party content

Abstract

An electronic device, method and computer program product mitigate risks of presenting content that may include links to malware or phishing queries at secondary device(s) by learning from security-related user actions taken at trusted primary device(s). In response to receiving, via user interface component(s), a user input designating third-party content as violating a security policy at an electronic device assigned group level authorization to make security decisions for security policy sharing group of electronic devices, the controller updates a security policy module of the electronic device. The controller configures the electronic device to implement the updated security policy of the third-party content. The controller transmits a security policy update to each second device within the security policy sharing group to trigger an update of the respective security policy module to recognize and locally implement security measures against similar third-party content that is subsequently received.