With the rising concerns around data breach, Google seems to come up with a solution by allowing free access to dark web monitoring. Reportedly, Google will now allow you to monitor the dark web.
It looks like the monitoring of dark web was initially allowed only for premium users. With the new update it will be available for free to all users other than Google One members.
Google allows free dark web monitoring
As Google allows free monitoring of the dark web, how can you access this feature? Given below is how you can.
- To access the monitoring, once it goes live, you’ll simply head to Google’s “Results about you” page.
- After that the dark web monitoring will be added to that page’s features
Notably, the ‘Results about you’ feature currently lets users sign up for alerts if their personal information appears in search results. With the update, now it will allow you with the opportunity to remove that information in some cases. In any case of ‘fraudulent activities updates,’ it will be alerting users through email or notifications on their smartphone.
It is believed that adding the new update in Google’s features page can make it easy for users who are not aware of how to access the dark web.
Creating a safe web
Initially, Google seems to have offered this service solely to those with a Google One membership. However, in an update Tuesday, Google announced the decision to offer it free to all users.
As reported by a Google support page about the transition, “the free service will be part of Google’s results about you page. This is where you can currently check for information Google has indexed that contains personal contact info like your home address, phone number, or email address and request it be removed so that it doesn’t surface in search results.” Google furthermor explained in the blog that the move will create a combined solution to help users protect their online presence.
Google also claimed that by combining the company’s two monitoring features into a single place for users to view potential personal information leaks makes sense.
Moreover, with the update both perks added last spring for the more than 100 million paid-up Google One subscribers (which starts at $1.99 a month) have been removed. Last month, Google had also announced another addition. Google seems to have been planning to close its VPN by Google One service later this year.
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