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1. Google sued over biometric data collection without consent

   By alf9872000, October 20, 2022
   • 1 comment
   • 566 views
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   • Comment by funkyy
   • October 20, 2022

2. Google Teller: browser makes a noise whenever Google gets data

   By Karlston, August 25, 2022   

   • google
   • 0 comments
   • 653 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 25, 2022

3. Google to auto-enroll 150 million user accounts into 2FA

   By Karlston, October 5, 2021   

   • google
   • 2fa
   • 0 comments
   • 628 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 5, 2021

4. Google to begin phasing out Manifest V2 extensions in Chrome on June 3

   By Karlston, May 31, 2024   

   • google
   • manifest v2
   • 1 comment
   • 549 views
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   • Comment by Karlston
   • May 31, 2024

5. Google to destroy billions of data records to settle "incognito" lawsuit

   By aum, April 1, 2024
   • 0 comments
   • 624 views
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   • Added by aum
   • April 1, 2024

6. Google to pay $1.375 billion to settle Texas data privacy violations

   By Karlston, May 12   

   • google
   • data privacy violations
   • 0 comments
   • 97 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 12

7. Google to Pay $29.5 Million to Settle Lawsuits Over User Location Tracking

   By alf9872000, January 2, 2023
   • 0 comments
   • 566 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • January 2, 2023

8. Google to Pay Hackers $31,337 for Exploiting Patched Linux Kernel Flaws

   By aum, November 2, 2021
   • 0 comments
   • 629 views
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   • Added by aum
   • November 2, 2021

9. Google to roll out Privacy Sandbox on Android 13 starting early 2023

   By alf9872000, November 15, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 556 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • November 15, 2022

10. Google to test disabling Chrome Manifest V2 extensions in June 2023

    By Karlston, September 28, 2022   

    • google chrome
    • manifest v2
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • google chrome
      • manifest v2
      • extensions
    • 1 comment
    • 645 views
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    • Comment by Karlston
    • September 28, 2022

11. Google Uncovers Tool Used by Iranian Hackers to Steal Data from Email Accounts

    By aum, August 23, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 539 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 23, 2022

12. Google updates Chrome's Incognito Mode disclaimer to admit it is tracking users

    By Karlston, January 16, 2024   

    • google chrome
    • incognito mode
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • google chrome
      • incognito mode
      • tracking
    • 1 comment
    • 737 views
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    • Comment by Nuclear Fallout
    • January 17, 2024

13. Google wants every account to use 2FA, starts auto-enrolling users

    By Karlston, November 3, 2021   

    • google
    • 2fa
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • google
      • 2fa
      • forced
    • 0 comments
    • 1,062 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 3, 2021

14. Google wants to make it impossible to block YouTube ads as they may be inside videos

    By Karlston, June 13, 2024   

    • youtube
    • ads
    • 5 comments
    • 717 views
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    • Comment by UberGeek
    • June 15, 2024

15. Google warns 14,000 Gmail users targeted by Russian hackers

    By Karlston, October 8, 2021   

    • gmail
    • phishing
    • 0 comments
    • 727 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 8, 2021

16. Google Warns About Hacker-for-Hire Services Trying to Phish Users

    By aum, June 30, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 537 views
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    • Added by aum
    • June 30, 2022

17. Google Warns of a New Way Hackers Can Make Malware Undetectable on Windows

    By aum, September 24, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,106 views
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    • Added by aum
    • September 24, 2021

18. Google warns uBlock Origin and other extensions may be disabled soon

    By Karlston, October 14, 2024   

    • google chrome
    • adblockers
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • google chrome
      • adblockers
      • banned
    • 13 comments
    • 1,159 views
    • 
    • Comment by vide
    • October 17, 2024

19. Google will cripple Android VPN services that threaten to break advertisements

    By Karlston, August 31, 2022   

    • google
    • vpn
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • google
      • vpn
      • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 636 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 31, 2022

20. Google will make dark web reports available to all consumer Google Account users for free

    By Karlston, July 10, 2024   

    • google
    • 0 comments
    • 472 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 10, 2024

21. Google will pay $391M to settle Android location tracking lawsuit

    By alf9872000, November 15, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 511 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • November 15, 2022

22. Google will turn off third-party tracking for some Chrome users soon

    By Karlston, December 14, 2023   

    • google chrome
    • third-party tracking
    • 0 comments
    • 622 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 14, 2023

23. Google Wins Lawsuit Against Russians Linked to Blockchain-based Glupteba Botnet

    By alf9872000, November 21, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 535 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • November 21, 2022

24. Google won’t comment on a potentially massive leak of its search algorithm documentation

    By Karlston, May 29, 2024   

    • google search
    • 1 comment
    • 634 views
    • 
    • Comment by Karlston
    • May 29, 2024

25. Google won’t ditch third-party cookies in Chrome after all

    By Karlston, April 23   

    • google chrome
    • third-party cookies
    • 0 comments
    • 157 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 23