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Google and Apple Ignore Calls to Remove Absher App

Google and Apple Ignore Calls to Remove Absher App

Absher is an app that allows men in Saudi Arabia to track women. The app is used by (at least some) men in Saudi Arabia to control where the women in their life can travel. There have been calls for…

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Google Provided Details About How it Fights Disinformation

Google presented a white paper titled “How Google Fights Disinformation” at the Munich Security Conference. The white paper provides details about Google’s work to tackle the spread of misinformation – across Google Search, Google News, YouTube and their advertising systems.…

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Google+ Offers Download of Data

Google+ Offers Download of Data

Announced back in October, Google+ is coming to an untimely demise on 2nd April, leaving many of us somewhat uncomfortable with the thought of having to move house over to Facebook. Never mind Facebook’s total disregard for privacy, the user…

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Google Password Checkup Protects Accounts from Data Breaches

How many things is your Gmail account connected to? It is definitely connected to Google+ (which will shut down soon). You might be using your Gmail account as a log in to apps or other websites. Google says it regularly…

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Apple Shut Down Google’s Enterprise Certificates

Apple has revoked Google’s enterprise certificates. According to The Verge, this caused early versions of Google Maps, Hangouts, Gmail and other pre-release beta apps to stop working. It also broke Google’s employee-only apps like the Gbus app for transportation and…

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Google has “Effectively Ended” Project Dragonfly

Google has “Effectively Ended” Project Dragonfly

Google had been working on a project called Dragonfly, which was being developed as censored search engine that would be used in China. The decision comes after hundreds of Google employees called on the company to cancel the project. The…

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Google Expedites Closure of Google+ After Bug Investigation

Google announced that it will expedite the closure of Google+ for consumers. In October of this year, Google said it would shut down Google+ for consumers “over a ten month period”. That timeframe has been shortened to “within the next…

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