Google Unveils This New Privacy Feature for All Google One Users

Google One launched a brand new darkish Web report characteristic for customers within the US. The characteristic will assist clients monitor their private data on the darkest corners of the Internet. The firm has now expanded entry to VPN by Google One to all plans. The service was beforehand solely accessible to customers subscribed to the Premium 2TB plan. Google just lately rolled out help for its Magic Eraser characteristic and HDR results for movies to Google One subscribers and older Pixel smartphones.

The tech big on Wednesday launched a brand new darkish Web report characteristic to all Google One members within the US. It is claimed to assist a consumer scan the darkish Web for their private data — like their identify, deal with, e mail, telephone quantity and Social Security Number — and can notify them if a match is discovered.

When the darkish Web report characteristic is enabled, customers enter and choose the data they wish to monitor within the monitoring profile. If any matching data is found on the darkish Web, the characteristic will notify the consumer and gives steerage on methods to safe that data. Google notes for example, in the event that they uncover somebody’s Social Security quantity on the darkish Web, they might advise the consumer to report it as stolen to the federal government or take steps to guard their credit score data.

The darkish Web report characteristic on Google One
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In addition to outcomes matching the non-public data customers have on the monitoring profile, the darkish Web report will present different associated data which may be present in safety breaches and knowledge leaks. The data in a consumer’s monitoring profile is dealt with in accordance with Google’s privateness insurance policies, and the customers can delete or cease monitoring at any time. The darkish Web report can be obtainable to members of all Google One plans within the US over the subsequent few weeks.

Google can also be increasing VPN entry to all Google One members, together with the Basic plan, which begins at $1.99/month (roughly Rs. 160), beginning at the moment and rolling out over the course of a number of upcoming weeks, throughout Android, iOS, Windows, and Mac methods in 22 international locations. The members also can share the VPN with as much as 5 different Google One subscribers in the event that they’re included within the main Google One plan.

A VPN — or digital personal community — acts as an extra safety layer, encrypting a consumer’s web exercise and defending it from hackers and community operators (which can embrace the web service supplier, service or public Wi-Fi supplier). It additionally hides customers’ IP addresses from web sites and apps, which may be used to trace their exercise over time or decide their location.