February 25, 2020

Google stops indexing WhatsApp chats; other search engines still at it

Private chat invites aren't meant to be unfindable, Facebook says, though a snippet of code eventually shielded them from Google indexing.

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September 03, 2018

Google quietly bought Mastercard credit and debit card records

The multimillion dollar data buy allows Google to link what we buy in brick-and-mortar stores to what ads we clicked online.

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August 20, 2018

Google employees protest work on censored search engine for China

Hundreds signed a letter raising concerns about the moral and ethical issues of Google helping China with its censorship.

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June 26, 2017

Google strips private medical data from searches

You may be surprised to learn that Google’s search engine was accidentally indexing such a sensitive category of data in the first place.

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February 12, 2016

Google extends ‘right to be forgotten’ to all domains

Right to be forgotten material will no longer show up when somebody in France hops off Google's .fr domain, for example.

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December 29, 2015

Silk Road founder was tracked down by a Googling tax agent

Gary Alford, a special agent with the IRS, scoured old blog posts and chat room logs to eventually unmask Dread Pirate Roberts.

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December 08, 2015

A search engine for the Internet of (insecure) Things

The things that people attach to the Internet are "absolutely astounding": think ATM machines, bank safes, and control systems for power plants.

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November 27, 2015

Which search engine do you trust? [Poll]

You've told us which browser you trust the most...but what's the safest search engine? Have your say in our poll...

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November 26, 2015

You’ve got (unencrypted) mail! [Chet Chat Podcast 223]

Join Sophos experts John Shier and Paul Ducklin for the latest episode of our security podcast. The week’s news made fun, informative and educational – all in a tight, quarter-hour format.

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