Beginning later this year, most ads “Google serves up on its various online properties will be fully encrypted,” eWeek reports. That’s already the case with YouTube ads, and in a blog post last week, Google indicated it is “working toward encrypting search ads across all its systems,” the report states. Most mobile, video and desktop ads “served to the Google Display Network, AdMob and DoubleClick publishers will also be fully encrypted” in an effort to “ensure that users are safe from ad-borne security threats,” the report states. Meanwhile, The Nation reports on Gerhard Eschelbeck, Google’s security chief, “who took charge of Google’s 500-strong security and privacy team” earlier in the year.
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