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TOPIC: Google to Offer Encrypted Search Next Week

barney

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Date: May 16, 2010

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Google will begin letting users run encrypted searches on its flagship search site Google.com starting next week, the company said in a blog post Thursday. Allowing users to search using https - the web security system which many associate with online banking and shopping — would mark a first for a major search engine, and could begin a move by web services such as social networks to begin offering encryption for more than just log-ins. Such increased adoption would cut down on network eavesdropping and also have the added benefit of preventing some online attacks. Ironically, the announcement of the upcoming change came in a long blog post explaining that the search company had been “mistakenly” eavesdropping and recording what people were doing on unencrypted wi-fi networks as its Street View cars were taking pictures of cities around the world and recording the IDs of wifi networks and routers. That data is used to help geo-locate people using devices without GPS, but the company has said for years it was not collecting session data. Google to Offer Encrypted Search Next Week __________________ http://www.mycomputerplayground.com http://www.digitaldrama.net http://www.thisrules.net

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