Google Admits To Have Collected Full Usernames and Passwords with Street View Cars

Google Admits To Have Collected Full Usernames and Passwords with Street View Cars: "

Being one of the largest tech companies is a hard job and you inherently gather some animosity from around the world. Make one mistake and you will have a thousand fingers pointing at you. Google knows this fact the best.

Up until now, Google has admitted only to have collected chunks of data, which might contain passwords or usernames but has termed this as an unintentional process. However, the French National Commission on Computing and Liberty (CNIL) has insisted that Google has done more than that.

Today, Google has admitted for the first time that its Street View cars actually collected usernames and passwords. This will fuel the investigations in France and Germany that might have gone stagnant over time. This disclosure was made after Canada’s blamed Google of stealing full usernames and password data. This was followed by an investigation by thirty state attorneys who are investigating the matter further. In short, Google is fighting a one-man battle against the world.

Google Vice President of Engineering and Research Alan Eustace expressed his concern in a blog post saying,

It’s clear from those inspections that while most of the data is fragmentary, in some instances entire emails and URLs were captured, as well as passwords.

I find Google Street View to be an awesome feature and have used it on more than once instance to check out cool avenues and streets. The complete data is estimated at over 600 GB and Google is assuring users that it will delete the private data soon but that can be possible only after the all the investigations are complete.

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[How to] Run infected files without getting your system infected

[How to] Run infected files without getting your system infected: "

Yes it’s true that you can run infected files on your system without getting the system infected. Sandboxie is an Application that allows you to do so. This is useful in circumstances where you have a USB device or installing a not so known file on your computer. Sandboxie can help you install the program even if it is infected without getting your system affected.

Here is a quick demonstration

1. I have downloaded a infected file.
   
2. Kaspersky prompts me that the file is infected.
3. Thankfully I have Sandboxie on installed on my computer.
4. Now run the file. You have to navigate to the folder that has the file which is infected.
5. Right Click on the file and then Click “Run Sandboxed” from the drop down menu.

Just a few points of some note. Sandboxie is not a Anti-Virus software and having an updated antivirus program is still the best way to keep your system safe.

Do try out Sandboxie and drop in your comments.

Link: Download Sandboxie

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