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Google Threatened With $100 Million Lawsuit Over Hacked Celebrity Pictures –

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Sean Michael Kerner
Oct 3, 2014

The issue of whether Google is responsible for users who are searching for bad things is one that technology experts contacted by eWEEK had mixed opinions about depending on the context. The idea of searching for bad things, including potential security issues on Google, is a common security researcher practice that is often referred to as Google Hacking.

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