Google used Safer Internet Day to provide information about the current status of protective measures and browsing safety. Let’s remember: At the end of the year, Google made two-factor authentication mandatory for users. 150 million people were automatically signed up for two-step verification. The first effects can now be seen here.
There has been a 50 percent decrease in compromised accounts. considerable. In the future, the aim is to offer increased protection to high-risk users such as journalists or human rights activists. Of course, during the course of Safer Internet Day, the company also praised its own data protection monitoring tools to the skies.
In order to ensure more security on the Internet, new functions are also being introduced or existing ones expanded. In the future, the guest mode of the Google Assistant can be activated on demand. Thanks to 9 new languages, the global availability of smart displays and smart speakers should be guaranteed in the coming months.
These are not specifically named, but the chances are good that Germany is among them. In guest mode, the Google Assistant does not provide any information about personal information such as calendar entries.
The VPN service, which is launched with Google One for users with premium tariffs (from 2 TB), is now also available for iOS devices.