Google using its clout to widen use of encryption

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is wielding the power of its dominant Internet search engine to push more websites into protecting the people using their services.

The move, announced late Wednesday, involves a change in Google’s closely guarded formula for determining the rankings of its search results.

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