The Reach and Breach of Internet: Google’s Way

It won’t be completely wrong to say that we don’t just breathe air, but internet too. In fact, not having an internet connection or a failed server is the most crippling feeling for us these days. Approximately 3.2 billion people use the internet. It is estimated that approximately 200 billion emails and 3 billion Google search would have to wait if the internet goes down for a day.

THE BREACHING: Before, we measure or monitor the reach of internet, the most important issue in the que is definitely security. Analysis of these threats on basic levels includes the non-disclosure policy of companies which is a soft target with increasing vulnerabilities pertaining the network.

In addition, as much information is available to us online, it may also unintentionally promote various threats such as virus, Trojan, spyware, spam, key loggers etc. Cyber threats are ever increasing and hence laying the very fundamentals of tougher and non-breakable security actions and innovations.

Google’s OnHub security, released last year, which has tried to address various issues with vulnerabilities of routers. According to Chris Millikin, a security engineering manager at Google, it is industry’s leading security that has features which go beyond those of typical writers.

Hackers typically take over general computers to create zombie networks, which are further used for all kinds of cyber misdeeds. The internet of things is a fascinating target for these hackers who want to create a bot. OnHub is still being worked on in order to produce a situation where our home networks or office networks will be able to avoid participating in such zombie networks.

THE REACHING: Google has been taking the best and innovative of steps to fits its mission of helping expand the internet access globally.

The problem statement here will be reaching millions of women in small towns and villages of India where digitalization and modernization is yet to arrive. Google has attempted to solve this problem using primarily a bi-cycle.

An army of thousands of female trainers has been built by Alphabet Inc., founded by the founders of Google, Larry page and Sergey Brin. After going through rigorous training themselves, these trainers are being sent to the far corners of the sub-continent on two wheelers having a box full of connected smart phones and tablets for women to try and train on and get their first taste of the World Wide Web.

The project, started last year, is called Internet Saathi where Google has partnered with local philanthropy Tata Trusts to show women how to connect to the net and take advantage of the same to assist them with their day to day tasks. In the last year, 9,000 trainers have helped reach 1 million women, who have utilized internet for searching various things such as stitching ideas, cooking recipes and so on.

Google definitely is ever expanding in terms of information. Now, with steps to stop breaching and expand reaching, the day isn’t far when internet will actually and practically be covering the entire globe.