Tag: WhatsApp

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WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption no match for FBI (Full show)

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New revelations about the real extent of our privacy online, including communication on WhatsApp, famous for its vaunted “end-to-end encryption,” are bad news for those who value privacy. A newly released FBI document tells us WhatsApp and iMessage are extremely vulnerable to FBI surveillance. … Read More >WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption no match for FBI (Full show)

Categories USA

Matrix? Misdirection? Cringe? Zuckerberg’s presentation of future life in ‘metaverse’ sparks fear, loathing, marvel and mockery

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Mark Zuckerberg’s ambitious vision of developing a virtual “metaverse” – and renaming the parent of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp “Meta” to match it – has everyone scratching their heads and wondering what it all means. … Read More >Matrix? Misdirection? Cringe? Zuckerberg’s presentation of future life in ‘metaverse’ sparks fear, loathing, marvel and mockery

Categories World

Not again?! Facebook, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, and WhatsApp offline for second time in a week

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Social media giant Facebook, along with its subsidiaries Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp, is offline for the second time in less than a week, leaving competitors to rescue its customers from an existential crisis. … Read More >Not again?! Facebook, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, and WhatsApp offline for second time in a week

Categories Russia

Telegram’s popularity surges amid Facebook outage as 70mn new users flock to messaging app

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Encrypted messenger platform Telegram gained more than 70 million new sign-ups in a single day as Facebook and its subsidiaries Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger all went dark for six hours, plunging users into existential crisis. … Read More >Telegram’s popularity surges amid Facebook outage as 70mn new users flock to messaging app

Categories World

Golden age or collapse? Snowden teases future without Big Tech after trolling Facebook throughout disastrous six-hour-long outage

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While millions were wailing and gnashing their teeth over the outage affecting Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden was having a bit of fun – daring to suggest the world would be better without them. … Read More >Golden age or collapse? Snowden teases future without Big Tech after trolling Facebook throughout disastrous six-hour-long outage

Categories World

Facebook pays contractors to read your ‘encrypted’ WhatsApp messages, shares info with prosecutors – reports

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When Facebook acquired WhatsApp, it promised to respect the privacy of its users. That hasn’t been the case, and the firm now employs thousands of staff to read supposedly-encrypted chats. … Read More >Facebook pays contractors to read your ‘encrypted’ WhatsApp messages, shares info with prosecutors – reports

Categories Russia

Russia fines US tech giants Facebook, Twitter & WhatsApp nearly half million dollars over refusal to stop sending user data abroad

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Three of the world’s largest internet companies have been hit with hefty financial penalties after a Russian court ruled they had fallen foul of rules requiring them to process users’ private data exclusively within the country. … Read More >Russia fines US tech giants Facebook, Twitter & WhatsApp nearly half million dollars over refusal to stop sending user data abroad