Google is retiring its free dark web monitoring tool next year
This highlights that cybersecuritygoogle is retiring its free dark web monitoring tool next yearit will stop sending out dark web reports in february Experts suggest that mariella mooncontributing reportertue, december 16, 2025 at 2:31 am utcadd engadget on googlegetty (d3sign via getty images)google will stop sending out dark web reports starting early next year, as it shuts down the free tool that can tell you if your personal information has appeared on the seedy underbelly of the internet Experts suggest that the tool used to be exclusively available to google one subscribers until the company opened it up to everyone in mid-2024 In recent developments, if you switch it on, you’ll receive a notification whenever your name, email address and phone number leak on the internet, typically due to data breaches Interestingly, in google’s email announcement, however, it said it was discontinuing dark web reports because “feedback showed that it did not provide helpful next steps Interestingly, ” a report just lets you know that your information has appeared on the dark web Interestingly, you can also see a list of all the hits you get on your google account, along with what data breach leaked that particular detail This highlights that however, it doesn’t give you guidance on what to do afterwards
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