Google is planning to expand its dark web monitoring service to all users with a Google account starting at the end of this month. This feature will monitor the leakage of stolen information such as phone numbers and physical addresses of Google One subscribers, and will now be available at no additional cost.
The service will be integrated at the end of July in the “Results about you” section of Google, a tool that’s only available in some countries, like the United States. The tool allows users to check and request the removal of personal contact information stored by Google, such as home addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses.
Google ensures that this measure will provide a “combined solution to help users protect their online presence”. There are however other services, both free and paid, that scan the dark web for personal data and send alerts, but integrating these functions into Google is much more convenient for platform users.
With this new measure, two previously added advantages for the more than 100 million Google One subscribers will disappear, a subscription with costs starting at 1.99 euros per month (around $2.15).
Last month, Google announced that its VPN by Google One service will close at the end of this year.
The main reason to subscribe to Google One is to get more storage space for all Google apps, including Drive, Photos, and Gmail. Although it offers other advantages too, such as premium video calls on Google Meet, the ability to share storage with up to five people, and improved appointment scheduling on Google Calendar, none are as appealing as the increased storage.
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