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The program focuses on potential abuse methods across Google's product-specific channels like Google+, Youtube, Gmail and Blogger.

The method could be used to deduce the age, sex, likes or the location history of a user – essentially, the attacker can play “20 questions” to profile the victim.

Google on Wednesday announced the expansion of its bug bounty program to include techniques that can be used to bypass the company’s abuse detection systems. read more

Shock! It appears Google can track the location of anyone using some of its apps on Android or iPhone even when they’ve told it not to.

If you believe that by turning off Location History on your Android device or iPhone means that Google won’t be able to know your location, think again: Princeton University researchers have...

A recent report found that Google services - with functions like checking maps, the weather, and search - are tracking users even when they deny permission.

Google is tracking you, even if you turn off tracking: Google says that will prevent the company from remembering where you've been. Google's support page on the subject states: "You can turn off...

Google tracks you everywhere, even if you explicitly tell it not to. Every time a service like Google Maps wants to use your location, Google asks your permission to allow access to your location...

Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to. An Associated Press investigation found that many Google services on Android...

'Chaos specialist' Linton thrown out of hotel after quip backfires At midnight on Thursday, Matt Linton, a senior Google bod who was one of the key players in sorting out the Spectre CPU security...