Among the many tools, Google offers a useful feature that lets you check if your personal information has been leaked in a data breach. Called “Dark web report“, this feature scours the dark web for leaked information such as name, date of birthtelephone number, e-mailcredit card number and much more, then submitting a report detailed to help take appropriate action.
The feature is currently available only for subscribers to Google Onebut will soon be available to all Google account holders. 9to5Google reports that the Google One app now displays a banner stating that the Dark Web reporting feature will be removed from the app at the end of July. However, Google is simply repositioning the functionality to make it available to more users.
A linked support page makes it clear that Google plans to integrate it into the section Results about you in the Google app and make it available to all Google users by the end of the month. It says:
The Dark Web report will be available to all users with a Google consumer account. The Dark Web report is integrated with “Results about you” as a combined solution to help users protect their online presence. Results about you is a feature that helps you find out if your personal contact information, such as your home address, phone number, or email address, is appearing in search results.
The support page also confirms that the Dark Web report will no longer require a subscription to Google One once it is integrated into the “About you” section at the end of July. Users will also have the option to disable the feature by going to the dashboard of the Dark Web report and deleting their tracking profile.
Source: www.androidiani.com
