Google’s turning off its dark web monitoring service that scoured data breaches for your info

Google notified users successful an email contiguous that, opening adjacent month, it volition halt sending its acheronian web reports, an opt-in diagnostic that alerted users erstwhile Google detected their idiosyncratic accusation connected the acheronian web, arsenic reported by 9to5Google. On January 15th, Google volition halt scanning for that data, similar interaction info and location addresses, and immoderate information it collected truthful acold volition nary longer beryllium disposable to users starting connected February 16th.

The email sent to users who were signed up for the diagnostic explains, "While the study offered wide information, feedback showed that it did not supply adjuvant adjacent steps. We're making this alteration to alternatively fo …

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