New Delhi: Google has announced that it will be expanding its dark web monitoring to all Gmail users in the US and later in international markets. Gmail users will now be able to run a scan to see if their Gmail address appears on the dark web and receive guidance on what actions to take to protect themselves.
Previously available only to Google One customers in the US, the dark web scan feature will be available to all Gmail users over the next few weeks. ,Also read: Haryana: Employees will now be able to drink alcohol in offices, but conditions apply,
“We will soon be rolling out our Dark Web Report to select international markets,” the company said. ,Also read: 9 jobs in India that AI can never replace,
Google Core Services SVP, Jen Fitzpatrick, said the company protects Gmail users from about 15 billion unwanted messages per day, blocking more than 99.9 percent of spam, phishing and malware.
“Now, we’re further expanding spam protection in Google Drive by introducing a new view that makes it easy to separate and review your files, decide what you see as spam, and block potentially unwanted Or be protected from abusive content,” he declared.
Drive will also automatically classify content into spam view, like Gmail does, protecting users from viewing dangerous or unwanted files.
The company is also launching a new tool to help people evaluate the trustworthiness of visual content they find online.
‘About this image’ will provide users with important context such as when an image or similar images were first indexed by Google, where it may have first appeared, and where it was found on a news, social or fact-checking site Like was seen online.
Google recently became the first major tech company to enable passkey sign-in on its own platform.
Passkey combines the advanced security of 2-Step Verification (2SV) with the convenience of device-only unlocking