Earlier this year, Google Drive including Docs, Sheets, and Slides received a client-side encryption update which made it easier to keep your files safe from prying eyes by using encryption keys that only you and the file collaborators would have access to. While these services already feature the latest in cryptographic standards and all of […]
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Google One VPN expands to include 10 more countries
Now that Android and Chromebook users can connect up their Google One VPN to protect their browsing traffic from hackers and eavesdroppers, Google is looking to expand its availability with the addition of 10 new countries. As a reminder, you’ll need the 2TB Premium plan or higher in Google One in order to utilize the […]
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A quick search on the Chrome Web Store can give us hundreds of results for VPNs. Some of those services can be as malicious as the sites we’re trying to protect ourselves from when online. It is hard to know which VPN extensions are safe, secure, and easy to use. To help you choose, here […]
Continue ReadingU.S. Government “Keyword Warrants” protect victims, but could implicate innocent browsers
In a recent report from Forbes, the U.S. government has been issuing what are known as “keyword warrants” to Google and demanding that they comply with them. These warrants are attempts to link a perpetrator of a crime to a Google account based on their search history, and so far as we’re aware, these have […]
Continue ReadingLatest Chrome update places privacy and security at your fingertips
Today is the day that Google has scheduled the next milestone release of the Chrome browser for desktop. While we haven’t seen Chrome 92 on our non-Chromebook devices as of yet, I suspect that the update will begin rolling out to users as the day progresses. With this update, Google is bringing more user-friendly tools […]
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