Google’s new security pilot program will ban employee Internet access (arstechnica.com)

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[-] phoenixes@beehaw.org 13 points 11 months ago

I mean, Google does index and cache most webpages internally already. So yeah, maybe. But after reading the article it doesn't sound like they're doing that.

[-] HarkMahlberg@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

I mean let's say they solve that part, sure. Let's go back to Google's original intent for this maneuver: they want to beef up "security."

Ars Technica's sub-title line says "You can't get hacked if you aren't on the Internet." That is utter nonsense. I'll take "What is E-Mail?" for 500 Alex. Surely they wouldn't block EMAIL right? How would they communicate with vendors, partners, governments, etc? Does Google think phishing emails, ransomware, etc don't work if you don't have internet access?

[-] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

Actually, most email malware is staged now, so it wouldn't work. PDFs with the malware embedded get flagged, so PDFs with a link to the malware replaced them. Even most ransomware is via an external link.