(via Google Blogoscoped)In reaction to increasing reports of malicious Google hacks, a new tool called "Google Hack Honeypot" has been released to "provide reconaissance against attackers that use search engines as a hacking tool against your resources."The Google Hack Honeypot…
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‘Google Hacking’ Digs Up Sensitive Material
(via Search Engine Lowdown)This Reuters story looks at the growing problem of sensitive data being readily available via a simple Google search:Hackers have found a handy tool to take control of bank accounts, tap into corporate computer networks and dig…
A Google Login?
(via Google Blogoscoped)Google's recent meeting with market analysts introduced the possibility that Google might create a "Premium" service which could require the creation of user accounts to access some of its tools:Google is likely to require its users to begin…
Is Google Making People Smarter?
(via TechDirt)Ed Gottsman wonders if Google is becoming a mental prosthetic and making people (especially kids) smarter:To the extent that intelligence consists of having a large memory, Google (and the other search engines) is certainly making people smarter. It's more…
The Onion on Google
(via Search Engine News)Google makes it into the Onion with this satirical look at their future plans.
Is Google Watching Your Library Visits?
(via Google Weblog) Daniel Brandt at Google-Watch points out the possibility that Google's personally identifiable cookie could enable the FBI or other government authorities to see what books you read using Google Library via a subpoena. His particular concern is…
More “friendly” search engines…
(via John Battelle's Searchbog) Craig Silverstein, Google's technology officer, asks how your search engine can become more like your friend:It's clear that a list of links, though very useful, doesn't match the way people give information to each other," says…
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