Google’s dark web report was initially a feature that was available only to paid subscribers of its Google One program, but last year, it was made available for free to all Google account holders. As the name suggests, the tool allowed users to set up a profile which would constantly monitor the dark web and notify users if their breached information was located online. Although this seems quite useful on paper, the company has decided to kill off dark web reports, with the feature being axed early next year.
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Google has noted that although its utility offered general information about how many instances your data has been found on the dark web due to breaches and what kind of information about you is available online, the feedback from customers indicated that it did not offer any clean remediation steps to follow next. Indeed, the existing dashboard is just a trove of information with no actionable steps. People can find out how their data was stolen, but they can’t do anything about it.
Welcome to the information age where information is everywhere except in people’s heads.
The enshittification will continue until… well, it’s just going to go on forever probably…
