A brief history of the many privacy disasters at the world’s dominant social media platform, and what the most recent data exposure means for marketers, and other data Borg as Facebook’s CEO faces Congress. The post Facebook & Cambridge Analytica: What we know, what they knew & where…
Google and Microsoft Bing agree to reduce pirated content from their search results in an agreement named the Voluntary Code of Practice. The post Google says no algorithm changes in new deal to demote pirated content in UK search results appeared first on Search Engine Land.
Google says it is proud its transparency reports have helped “shed light on government surveillance laws and practices” around the world. The post Google reports more than 40K government requests for user data during 2nd half of 2015 appeared first on Search Engine Land.
For anyone not in the know, Google Dorking is the practice of using advanced search techniques – more specifically, specialized search parameters – to locate hard-to-find web pages and information.
A new search engine called Indexeus sought to expose hackers and their exploits unless they “donated” $1 for every record that they wanted to conceal from public view.
Bloomberg News reports Google has filed a petition to the government request for information after receiving a “National Security Letter.” The details of the requested information are currently not disclosed, as you would imagine. Bloomberg says it is rare for a company to fight back… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
Chris Larsen from Blue Coat Security shared new statistics on the number of poisoned search results during the holiday shopping season. The new stats show an 80% jump in the number of clicks on infected search results from their last report in August.
Google’s security blog announced today several updates on how they have been addressing malware and hacked sites on the internet. Google said that between 12 and 14 million search queries per day return warnings that at least one of the results listed in the Google search results were…
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee abruptly adjourned today without voting on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a controversial measure that would impose radical new requirements on search engines, ISPs, ad networks and other key internet players. The hearings will resume “earliest practical…
Circumstantial and indirect evidence has long implicated the Chinese government and its surrogates in numerous incidents of digital espionage and other hacking into US corporations’ and government-owned websites and databases. The infamous Gmail hacking episode that triggered Google’s… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.