Credit to Author: Stan Kaminsky| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 10:38:15 +0000
WhatsApp will soon support messaging with other apps. Should you use this feature? What are the benefits and risks?
Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 10 May 2022 13:04:04 +0000
On May 11, 2022, the EU will publicize a proposal for a law on mandatory chat control. Privacy advocates aren’t happy.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 15:40:38 +0000
A URI spoofing flaw affecting popular messaging apps, which include Signal, Instagram, and iMessage, could direct users to potentially malicious destinations.
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Read moreCredit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:00:00 +0000
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| Data privacy is back in Congressional lawmakers’ sights, as proposed legislation called the ACCESS Act focuses not on data collection, storage, and selling, but on the idea that Americans should be able to easily pack up their data and take it to a competing service. But will this actually protect privacy? Categories: Tags: ACCESS ActApple PagesBig TechCenter for Democracy and Technologycompetitioncongressdata interoperabilitydata portabilityData privacydata privacy lawsdata privacy legislationElloEuropean UnionfacebookFacebook MessengergdprGeneral Data Protection RegulationGooglegoogle docsInstagraminteroperabilityLinkedInMark ZuckerbergMastodonmessengermicrosoft wordportabilitySenateThe ACCESS ActtwitterUS CongressUS data privacy lawsUS data privacy legislationuser privacywhatsapp |
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Read moreCredit to Author: davidruiz| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 16:53:35 +0000
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| Facebook’s plan to integrate secure messaging across Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram will demand technical know-how and a fierce commitment to user privacy. Categories: Tags: Appleencryptionend-to-end encryptionfacebookFacebook MessengerInstagrammessaging servicesmessengersignalwhatsapp |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 15:00:00 +0000
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| Adding to Facebook’s burden are two spam campaigns. One is aimed at Finnish users and the other was quickly terminated, but we expect both to resurface in one form or another. Categories: Tags: facebookFacebook Messengerfinnishmessengerspamyoutube |
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Credit to Author: Jacob Dubé| Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2017 17:05:25 +0000
The social media giant appears to be testing a new feature as part of its Messenger platform.
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