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Tech Giant Clarifies: Pausing 'Location History' Alone Won't Stop All TrackingA lawsuit accuses Google of "the surreptitious location tracking of millions of mobile phone users." The legal action...

After a report said Google tracks users even when they opt out, the company is under fire from activists and has been slapped with a lawsuit.

Each month, Google sends thousands of warnings to users who might have been targeted in government-backed attacks, even if the attempts have been blocked. read more

Google was in the news last week for a misleading claim that "with Location History off, the places you go are no longer stored," which is not true. Now, the search engine giant is once again in...

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

Attention Google Authenticator users: what happens if you lose your phone or upgrade to a new device? TechRepublic's Jack Wallen explains how to migrate Google Authenticator to another device.

Google is expanding its vulnerability reward program again: the company wants to be notified about techniques that allow third parties to successfully bypass their abuse, fraud, and spam systems....

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