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To find out who they are, local authorities plan to ask Google. Citing past experience, Gibson speculates that the robbery suspects may have used their mobile phones while doing reconnaissance for their rendezvous point and that the getaway driver may have done so while killing time in the CRV. So the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office has requested that Google provide the location data history, sourced from GPS, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi signals, from every device in a small geofenced area - the 25 meters around the spot occupied by Honda CRV. The authorities want Google to provide an anonymized list of every device reporting its location back to the Chocolate Factory from 0645 to 1115 on the morning of the failed robbery.

On Monday, Google pushed out an update for the iOS version of Smart Lock, its built-in, on-by-default password manager. Smart Lock - which has been available for Google's Chrome browser since 2017 - now also lets iOS users set up their device as the second factor in two-factor authentication, meaning that you no longer have to carry around a separate security key dongle.

Google has extended its Advanced Protection Program for account security to the iPhone platform, aimed at those that are the most-targeted by cybercriminals: Members of political campaign teams, journalists, activists, executives, employees in regulated industries such as finance or government, and others. These can either be a physical security key or a smartphone's built-in security key.

High-risk users are aware that they are more likely to be targeted by hackers compared to the general population, but many of them still have bad security habits, a Google survey shows. The results of the survey show that 78% of high-risk users are aware that they are more likely to be targeted by hackers compared to the general population, and 65% of them are more concerned about their accounts being hacked today than they were one year ago - a majority are mainly concerned about their work account being targeted.

Google has made a concerted effort in recent months to try to eliminate bad apps for its Android mobile platform on the Google Play store-something the company historically has battled. These type of apps have been installed nearly 600 million times on 100 million plus devices, according to a Sophos report, which said it pulled the numbers from Google's own Google Play marketplace.

Google doesn't want to block third-party cookies in Chrome right now. Once these approaches have addressed the needs of users, publishers, and advertisers, and we have developed the tools to mitigate workarounds, we plan to phase out support for third-party cookies in Chrome.

You can now use your iPhone or iPad, running iOS 10 or later, as a physical security key for securely logging into your Google account as part of the Advanced Protection Program for two-factor authentication. Roid users have had this feature on their smartphones since last year, but now Apple product owners can also use this advanced, phishing-resistant form of authentication as an alternative to a physical security key.

Dynatrace, announced it is collaborating with Google and Microsoft on the OpenTelemetry project to shape the future of open standards-based observability. As OpenTelemetry becomes more widely adopted, it will serve as an additional data source that further extends the breadth of cloud observability, including expanding the broad reach of what the Dynatrace® Software Intelligence Platform already automatically collects and ingests into Davis™, its explainable AI engine.

Google is aiming to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome in two years, but that will have to prove palatable to users, publishers, and advertisers. In its post, the search giant said it plans to phase out support for third-party cookies in Chrome within the next two years.

Google announced on Wednesday that it has simplified the enrollment process for its Advanced Protection Program and it now allows users to activate a security key on their iPhone. Google's Advanced Protection Program is designed to help high-risk users add an extra layer of protection to their account through the use of security keys.