Google has quietly dismantled one of the largest known residential proxy schemes on the internet, cutting off IPIDEA from a ...

The discovery triggered what Google is calling the largest residential proxy network takedown in history. Armed with a federal court order, the company pulled the plug ...

Tracking Internet users through their IP addresses has always been a controversial privacy issue for companies. Google has also faced numerous lawsuits over tracking Android users and using GeoIP to ...

Google dismantled IPIDEA, a residential proxy network used by 550+ threat groups to hijack millions of consumer devices for ...

It’s not exactly a VPN, and it will only work with Google-owned domains to start, but it could offer users more ways to hide their activity online. Reading time 2 minutes If you’re on the internet ...

The big picture: The IP address is a fundamental component for connecting a PC, a smartphone, or any other digital device to the internet. The global network primarily consists of IP addresses and ...

CHICAGO -- Chances are, you "Google" something several times a day. "When you have a random question, the first thing you pull up is Google," said Google user Christine Leos. But what are you giving ...

Google announced yesterday evening it would change how long it stores the IP addresses of its users without anonymizing the information, down to nine months from 18. The announcement comes a year and ...