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1. Google “hijacked millions of customers and orders” from restaurants, lawsuit says

   By aum, March 14, 2022
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   • March 14, 2022

2. Google ad for GIMP.org served info-stealing malware via lookalike site

   By alf9872000, November 1, 2022
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   • November 1, 2022

3. Google Ad fraud campaign used adult content to make millions

   By alf9872000, December 21, 2022
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   • December 21, 2022

4. Google Ads invites being abused to push spam, adult sites

   By alf9872000, January 23, 2023
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   • January 23, 2023

5. Google ads push ‘virtualized’ malware made for antivirus evasion

   By alf9872000, February 3, 2023
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   • February 3, 2023

6. Google ads push BumbleBee malware used by ransomware gangs

   By alf9872000, April 23, 2023
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   • April 23, 2023

7. Google ads push malicious CPU-Z app from fake Windows news site

   By Karlston, November 9, 2023   

   • google ads
   • malware
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   • 614 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • November 9, 2023

8. Google agrees to delete Incognito data despite prior claim that’s “impossible”

   By Akaneharuka, April 2, 2024   

   • google
   • privacy
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     • privacy
     • data
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   • Added by Akaneharuka
   • April 2, 2024

9. Google agrees to destroy browsing data collected in Incognito mode

   By Akaneharuka, April 2, 2024   

   • google
   • privacy
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     • privacy
     • data
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   • Added by Akaneharuka
   • April 2, 2024

10. Google allows advertisers to fingerprint you for even better tracking

    By Karlston, January 13   

    • google
    • fingerprinting
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    • January 13

11. Google Analytics data transfer to U.S. brings $1 million fine to Swedish firms

    By alf9872000, July 7, 2023
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    • July 7, 2023

12. Google and Meta ignored their own rules in secret teen-targeting ad deals

    By Karlston, August 8, 2024
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    • August 8, 2024

13. Google announces $10 billion cybersecurity investment following meeting with U.S. president

    By Karlston, August 26, 2021   

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    • August 26, 2021

14. Google announces new algorithm that makes FIDO encryption safe from quantum computers

    By Karlston, August 19, 2023   

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    • August 19, 2023

15. Google announces new tools to ensure you are using safe Chrome extensions

    By Karlston, August 17, 2023   

    • google chrome
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    • August 17, 2023

16. Google apologizes after 15 million Chrome users lost access to their passwords

    By aum, July 29, 2024
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    • July 29, 2024

17. Google banned 190,000 malicious developers from the Play Store last year

    By Karlston, April 28, 2022   

    • google play store
    • malware
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    • April 28, 2022

18. Google Bard's EU launch gets delayed due to privacy issues

    By Karlston, June 13, 2023   

    • google bard
    • privacy
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      • privacy
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    • June 13, 2023

19. Google bashes Microsoft, says that its tech makes customers less secure

    By Karlston, April 1, 2022
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    • April 1, 2022

20. Google blocks largest HTTPS DDoS attack 'reported to date'

    By Karlston, August 18, 2022   

    • google
    • ddos
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    • August 18, 2022

21. Google blocks site of largest computing society for being ‘harmful’

    By Karlston, July 21, 2022
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 21, 2022

22. Google boosts Android security with new set of dev policy changes

    By Karlston, April 7, 2022   

    • android
    • security
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 7, 2022

23. Google brings dark web monitoring to all U.S. Gmail users

    By alf9872000, May 11, 2023
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    • May 11, 2023

24. Google brings more security features to its password manager

    By Karlston, June 9, 2023   

    • google chrome
    • password manager
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 9, 2023

25. Google can now alert you when your private contact info appears online

    By Karlston, August 3, 2023   

    • google
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    • August 3, 2023