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Jun 29, 2012 5:05 pm
Use Google Now with Caution, Security Experts Say
By Antone Gonsalves, CSO
Google Now, the smart assistant in the latest upgrade of the Android operating system, draws an uneasiness among security experts evaluating the risks the search-based feature for mobile devices brings to businesses.
Google introduced Now on Wednesday in unveiling Android 4.1 Jelly Bean at the company's I/O developer conference in San Francisco. Now is designed to use a person's search history, calendar, location and Google Maps to deliver useful information, such as the next bus for that appointment downtown or a weather warning on the day you plan to bike to work.
Several security experts told CSO they were concerned about Now, while acknowledging it was too early to say for sure whether there are risks to businesses. Like companies, consumers may also be uneasy with the amount of information going to Google and what the company can do with it.
More: http://www.pcworld.c....html#tk.hp_new
Use Google Now with Caution, Security Experts Say
By Antone Gonsalves, CSO
Google Now, the smart assistant in the latest upgrade of the Android operating system, draws an uneasiness among security experts evaluating the risks the search-based feature for mobile devices brings to businesses.
Google introduced Now on Wednesday in unveiling Android 4.1 Jelly Bean at the company's I/O developer conference in San Francisco. Now is designed to use a person's search history, calendar, location and Google Maps to deliver useful information, such as the next bus for that appointment downtown or a weather warning on the day you plan to bike to work.
Several security experts told CSO they were concerned about Now, while acknowledging it was too early to say for sure whether there are risks to businesses. Like companies, consumers may also be uneasy with the amount of information going to Google and what the company can do with it.
More: http://www.pcworld.c....html#tk.hp_new
