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Jen: Every day people turn to our products for help
in moments big and small.
Core to making this possible
is protecting your private information every step of the way.
Even as technology grows increasingly complex,
we keep more people safe online than anyone else in the world
with products that are secure by default,
private by design, and put you in control.
Today I'm proud to share with you our latest advancements
that make every day Safe with Google.
Widespread cyberattacks like Colonial Pipeline
and the recent Log4J vulnerability
threaten to put people's private information at risk,
disrupt critical services like energy grids
and telecommunications networks, and weaken global democracies.
To prevent future attacks, we're raising the bar
for the entire industry
by pioneering advanced cybersecurity technology,
alerting others to security risks within their own systems,
and open sourcing solutions that make the whole internet safer.
Specialized teams like Threat Analysis Group and Project Zero
counter serious threat actors
and detect vulnerabilities across the internet.
Last year our Threat Analysis Group detected that over 40,000 users
were being targeted by government-backed actors.
We automatically alerted everyone
and increased protections and blocked attacks.
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Most recently, with the war in Ukraine,
we observed a surge or distributed denial of services hacks
against websites providing critical information,
like current news and evacuation resources.
We expanded our free DDoS defense program,
Project Shield, to defend more than 180 Ukrainian websites,
including those that belong to the Ukrainian government,
news, and human rights groups.
And because much of the world's technology infrastructure
is dangerously outdated,
we're now investing $10 billion
to modernize vulnerable systems and infrastructures,
secure the software supply chain,
and train 100,000 Americans in digital skills,
including data privacy and cybersecurity
through the Google Career Certificate program.
In addition to keeping companies and organizations safe around the world,
we build advanced security into everything we make
to protect individual users.
In the last few years, phishing scams have risen substantially,
and they're responsible for 90% of recent cyberattacks.
Our built-in protections intercept these attacks before they ever reach you.
For example, every day Gmail and Messages by Google block
more than 15 billion spam and phishing messages.
Google Play now scans 125 billion installed apps for malware,
making the entire app ecosystem safer.
And our safe browsing technology
built into Chrome and other major browsers
now protects 5 billion devices from risky sites.
Detecting and blocking threats at this scale every day
makes our AI-powered protection second to none
and also enables our teams to identify new areas to safeguard.
Which is why we're now scaling our proven phishing protections
to Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides.
Soon, if you're working in a shared doc that contains a suspicious link,
we'll automatically alert you and take you back to safety.
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No matter where they occur,
all phishing attempts share a single goal:
to compromise your account,
often using it as a tool to spread the attack to your network.
Protecting your account starts with building the most advanced
authentication technologies everywhere that you sign in.
Cybersecurity experts say the single most important way
to protect your account and help prevent cyberattacks
is to use multi-factor authentication.
However, it sometimes gets a back rap for creating extra friction.
That's why we've made our 2-Step Verification as easy as it gets.
Whether you're on Android or iOS,
just one tap on your phone, and you're in–
no six-digit codes.
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Over ten years ago, we were the first consumer technology company
to offer 2-Step Verification,
and we're now the first to turn it on by default.
Last year alone, we enrolled an additional 150 million accounts
in 2-Step Verification.
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And we're optimizing the sign-in flow and account recovery experience
so that we can turn on this additional layer of protection for everyone.
To extend the world-class security of your Google account
to all your online accounts,
we built Sign in with Google.
Every day 400 million people use it for secure one-click access
to everything from travel sites to grocery apps.
Building an authentication system that's secure
and easy to use is a massive challenge.
I mean, how many times have we all had to click "Forgot password"?
Thanks to years of engineering investment and our password manager,
2-Step Verification, security keys,
and most recently, pass keys,
we've laid the path for a future without passwords.
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And we're now leading an industrywide effort
to enable password-less sign in
across every device, website, and application on any platform.
I'm really proud of the work we've done to make secure authentication
accessible for everyone everywhere.
As we all do more and more of our shopping online,
keeping your payment information safe and secure is critically important.
Today I'm excited to announce the launch of Virtual Cards on Chrome and Android.
Now when you autofill to complete your payment details at checkout,
we'll replace your card number with a distinct virtual number,
reducing the risk of fraud and identity theft.
To give more people access to a safer way to pay online,
we've worked closely with Visa, American Express,
Capital One, and Mastercard to roll out Virtual Cards starting this summer.
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We're constantly monitoring the security of your Google account
to give you peace of mind.
We're now adding a safety status on your profile picture,
so if anything needs your attention,
we'll let you know and then guide you through simple steps
to ensure your account is secure.
We're relentless about protecting your personal information
with the most advanced security in the world.
Because if it's not secure, it's not private.
But protecting your privacy requires us to be equally rigorous
in building products that are private by design,
and I'm excited to tell you about our latest advancements in this area.
Today computing's no longer happening just on a computer or on a phone,
but across your home, in your car,
on your wrist, and in the cloud.
Unlocking personalized helpful experiences
while protecting user privacy
in this increasingly complex environment presents new technical challenges.
Building on deep research and advances in AI,
hardware, and cloud computing,
we've engineered a new technical approach we call Protected Computing.
At its core, Protected Computing is a growing tool kit of technologies
that transforms how, when, and where data is processed
to technically insure the privacy and safety of your data.
Our approach focuses on three areas.
First, we minimize your data footprint.
Our focus here is on shrinking the amount of personally identifying data
altogether.
Collecting less and deleting more.
Using techniques like edge processing and ephemerality.
If the data doesn't exist, it can't be hacked.
Second, we de-identify the data.
From blurring and randomizing identifiable signals
to adding statistical noise,
we use a range of anonymization techniques
to strip your identity from your data
so it's no longer linked to you.
And third, we restrict access through technologies like
end-to-end encryption and secure enclaves.
This is about making it technically impossible
for anyone, including Google, to access your sensitive data.
This tool kit of diverse techniques enables us to deploy the safest,
smartest solution possible,
and often stack multiple techniques to provide layered protections.
Today Protected Computing enables Android to suggest the next phrase
in your text while keeping your conversation completely private.
It helps Pixel know when to keep your screen awake
while continuously deleting ambient signals as they're processed.
And it allows Chrome to alert you to compromised passwords
without knowing a single one.
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Later today you'll hear more about how Protected Computing is enabling
new ambient experiences across your Android and smart home devices
while keeping your information private.
In addition to providing helpful experiences,
Protected Computing is essential to unlocking the potential of data
to benefit society more broadly
in a way that preserves everyone's privacy.
For example, our Environmental Insights team
is exploring how, with Protected Computing,
we can provide local governments with de-identified
and aggregated location and movement data within their cities
to help reduce their carbon footprint.
Protected Computing represents our deep commitment
to innovating new technical solutions
that make technology more helpful, safe, and private
everywhere that computing happens.
No one else is deploying such a multi-faceted approach at our scale,
and I'm excited to see all the ways our teams will apply Protected Computing
to ensure that every day you're Safer with Google.
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At the end of the day, we believe that privacy is personal.
That's why we continue to build powerful controls
that let you choose what's right for you.