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Date : Wed Jul 10 2024 12:15:05

Google is making its dark web monitoring tool free for everyone to use

Date:
Wed, 10 Jul 2024 10:53:54 +0000

Description:
Dark web monitoring tool is becoming free for all Google users to help boost 
security.

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Google is making its dark web report feature available to all Google Account 
holders. 

Previously only available to Google One subscribers, the feature, designed to 
help users monitor if their personal information has been spotted in data 
breaches, will be integrated into the results about you section of the Google 
app this summer. 

The news was spotted in a pop-up in the Google One app (via 9To5Google ), 
which explains that the feature will no longer be available on Google One, 
but unlike the companys VPN shutdown, dark web monitoring will just be 
reframed as a tool for all. Googles dark web monitoring will be available to 
all 

Previously, the dark web monitoring tool was exclusively for paying Google 
One customers, providing them with a detailed analysis of leaked personal 
data, including names, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, and 
payment card information. 

The new integration across all Google accounts aims to enhance security by 
making dark web monitoring available to a broader audience. 

Dark web monitoring will became part of a combined solution with Results 
about you, a feature that helps users find and request the removal of 
personal contact information from search results. 

The expansion of a feature that was previously reserved for paying customers 
comes in the month following the companys decision to end support for its 
Google One-destined VPN tool . It was pulled owing to a lack of use by 
customers, with Google claiming that it would be able to concentrate on more 
frequently used tools as a result. 

With cyberattacks becoming increasingly common amid continuing global 
geopolitical tensions, enhanced detection will be welcome news to many. More 
from TechRadar Pro Check out the best identity theft protection Weve rounded 
up a list of the best privacy tools and anonymous browsers Google One VPN is 
shutting down for good  here are the best alternatives



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/google-is-making-its-dark-web-monitorin
g-tool-free-for-everyone-to-use


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