When a Gmail account is hijacked, the damage rarely stops at email. A single compromise can expose banking resets, cloud ...

Your Android device retains your Google searches, enabling various sites and services to use that data to personalize ads and ...

America’s cyber defense agency now warns Google, Microsoft and Apple users to secure their accounts — change passwords, ...

Google has updated its Circumventing Systems policy to include a new example explicitly warning advertisers that submitting false information during the Advertiser Verification process violates its ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Updated on Nov. 3 with further reports into breached Gmail passwords ...

Age verification is rolling out in the Google Play Store. Users will have several methods to prove their age. Access to apps is limited until they verify their age. Several months after AI-powered age ...

Google’s new “Recovery Contacts” feature allows trusted friends or family members to help you regain access to your account by verifying a code. The feature is rolling out now and is recommended for ...

In addition to safety features for Android’s Messages app, Google is introducing new Account recovery tools today, like establishing trusted contacts. The aim today is to “help eligible personal ...

The Recovery Contacts feature allows you to designate someone who can verify your identity to regain account access. The Recovery Contacts feature allows you to designate someone who can verify your ...

Google is rolling out two new ways to recover your account after you lose access. “Recovery Contacts” lets you pick trusted friends and family to verify your identity. Users will soon be able to use ...

What’s happened? Google is introducing two new ways to help users regain access to locked accounts. Why is this important? Getting locked out of your Google account can throw your digital life into ...