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| Jan 29, 2018 | La Guía Motherboard Para Evitar Ser Hackeado | A finales del año pasado, publicamos una exhaustiva guía sobre cómo protegerse contra hackers y contra la vigilancia del estado.
La guía fue publicada en Inglés, pero hay muchos Americanos que no hablan Inglés. Hoy publicamos La Guía Mother... |
| Nov 20, 2017 | The Motherboard Guide to Not Getting Hacked, Part III | Editors note: This is Motherboard's comprehensive guide to digital security, which will be regularly updated and replaces some of our old guides. It is also available as a printable PDF. It was last updated on November 14, 2017.
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| Aug 4, 2017 | How to Use Signal Without Giving Out Your Phone Number: A Gendered Security Issue | Jillian C. York is Director for International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation and a fellow at the Center for Internet & Human Rights at the European University Viadrina. A version of this article appeared on ... |
| May 17, 2017 | A Step Forward for Security | While we are all mesmerized by the presidential crises, a small, but quite significant change occurred in Congress: the Senate Sergeant at Arms approved the use of Signal by Senate staff. Signal, a product of Open Whisper Systems, provides ... |
| May 3, 2017 | Thieves drain 2fa-protected bank accounts by abusing SS7 routing protocol | Enlarge / 2FA via SMS happens worldwide, all.
Raimond Spekking reader comments 116 with 71 posters participating, including story author
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| Apr 4, 2017 | Trump just signed a bill that lets ISPs sell your browsing data. Here’s what to do now | On Monday, President Trump signed a bill into law that will allow your internet service provider (Comcast, Verizon and even companies like AT&T) to sell your web browsing history, without your permission, for a profit — in addition to a... |
| Mar 7, 2017 | How to send story tips securely to VentureBeat | Got a big story to share? VentureBeat accepts confidential news tips. Here’s a list of ways to contact our editorial team with sensitive information. We are committed to protecting the identities of our sources.
When submitting a confidenti... |
| Feb 20, 2017 | WhatsApp updates statuses with Snapchat-inspired functionality | Messaging apps are not just about chatting these days. Every player that counts wants to bring something extra to the table to keep users hooked and attract new ones in the process. WhatsApp is no different, as it is now rolling out an upda... |
| Feb 15, 2017 | Secure Messaging: Signal App Update Adds Encrypted Video Calls Beta And More | Alexandra Burlacu, Tech Times 15 February 2017, 10:02 am
Open Whisper Systems, the creator of secure messaging app Signal, just released a new open beta update to add encrypted video calling into the mix.
Signal has been receiving high prai... |
| Feb 15, 2017 | Signal agora suporta chamadas de vídeo criptografadas | O Signal é um app de mensagens instantâneas que ganhou muitos adeptos depois que Edward Snowden revelou no Twitter que o usa diariamente. A razão é simples: o serviço tem criptografia ponta a ponta. Agora, além de chat e conversa via voz, é... |
| Feb 14, 2017 | You can now use Signal for encrypted video calls | Open Whisper Systems, creator of encrypted communication platform Signal, released an update today as an open beta to enable encrypted video calling. The app previously offered fully end-to-end encrypted chat and voice calling, but the addi... |
| Feb 8, 2017 | Encrypted chat app Signal tests “next generation” voice and video calling | Signal, the encrypted chat application praised by Edward Snowden, is looking to move beyond messaging and into video. A new beta version of the app, now in testing, has enabled “next generation voice and video calling” features, according t... |
| Feb 3, 2017 | U.S. judge lifts gag order on WhatsApp subpoena | A federal judge in Brooklyn unsealed documents this week related to an investigation into a user of WhatsApp, the popular Facebook-owned messenger for smartphones.
The documents reveal a New York FBI agent used a grand jury subpoena to dema... |
| Feb 3, 2017 | U.S. judge lifts gag order on WhatsApp subpoena | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
A federal judge in Brooklyn unsealed documents this week related to an investigation into a user of WhatsApp, the popular Facebook-owne... |
| Feb 1, 2017 | Meet the finalists vying for the Social Impact Award at the 10th Annual Crunchies | In tech, we often think a few steps further down the road. But sometimes, the present needs some serious addressing. This is one of those times.
As we draw closer to the 10th Annual Crunchies Awards Show, we figured now was a great time to ... |
| Jan 30, 2017 | We need startups to build democracy tech | It’s time to actually make the world a better place.
Silicon Valley was birthed from an existential threat to the world. Nazi radar defense technology was decimating the Allied air forces. But American engineers heeded the call, and in a Ha... |
| Jan 22, 2017 | WhatsApp, Signal, and dangerously ignorant journalism | Jon Evans Contributor
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| Jan 20, 2017 | Security researchers call for Guardian to retract false WhatsApp “backdoor” story | A thirty-strong group of security researchers have co-signed an open letter calling for the Guardian to retract a story it published last week that had claimed mobile messaging app WhatsApp contains a “backdoor”.
“Unfortunately, your story ... |
| Jan 14, 2017 | Reported “backdoor” in WhatsApp is in fact a feature, defenders say | Enlarge
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| Jan 14, 2017 | WhatsApp's So-Called 'Backdoor' Is Not A Vulnerability But A Feature | Carl Velasco, Tech Times 14 January 2017, 06:01 am
UK-based publication The Guardian published a report on Friday pointing a finger at WhatsApp and its purported backdoor vulnerability, which by The Guardian's claim allows the Facebook-owne... |
| Jan 13, 2017 | WhatsApp security flaw could allow government to read supposedly secure messages | |
| Jan 13, 2017 | Encrypted messaging platform WhatsApp denies “backdoor” claim | A security issue has been flagged in the hugely popular mobile messaging app WhatsApp that could allow for messages sent via the encrypted platform to be intercepted and read.
The Guardian report, which describes the vulnerability as a “bac... |
| Dec 30, 2016 | Signal for Android now circumvents censorship in Cuba and Oman | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Open Whisper Systems, the company that makes the ... |
| Dec 26, 2016 | No Signal: Egypt blocks the encrypted messaging app as it continues its cyber crackdown | Farid Y. Farid Contributor
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No Signal: Egypt blocks the encrypted messaging app as it continues its cyber crackdown
After a week of blocking the secure... |
| Dec 22, 2016 | Signal for Android update ducks censorship, adds stickers and doodles | As mainstream interest in online privacy expands, Signal wants to grow along with it. This week, the app added two features, one a serious response to international censorship and the other a light, fluffy feature set meant to make the app ... |
| Dec 20, 2016 | Op-ed: Why I’m not giving up on PGP | Aurich Lawson / Thinkstock reader comments 76 with 57 posters participating
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| Dec 16, 2016 | Encrypted messaging app Wire adds usernames so you can limit what you share with contacts | Wire, the Skype co-founder Janus Friis-backed end-to-end encrypted mobile messaging app, has added a username option — allowing people to communicate with others via the app without having to share their mobile phone number or email to do s... |
| Dec 15, 2016 | Are encrypted direct messages coming to Twitter? | Following his chat with whistleblower Edward Snowden, @Jack dropped a hint about what privacy features might be in the cards for Twitter. In the tweeted exchange, Dorsey and Snowden continued the conversation that streamed on Periscope Tues... |
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| Nov 19, 2016 | So you think you elected an autocrat | Jon Evans Contributor
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| Nov 11, 2016 | Tech tips to help stay safe in Trump’s America | Tech is as much a liability as it is an opportunity, as this election demonstrated. The next few years will be scary for many reasons, and to some more than others, and part of that will be the continued and likely expanded exploitation of ... |
| Nov 7, 2016 | Signal app-maker rebuts criticism of dev direction by calling for more community help | Moxie Marlinspike, founder of Open Whisper Systems (OWS), the not-for-profit software group behind the respected Signal Protocol crypto (and the eponymous Signal secure messaging app) has responded to criticism of how the group is developin... |
| Oct 12, 2016 | Snowden-endorsed Signal gains Facebook-style disappearing messages | Facebook's recently rolled-out Secret Conversations heralded the arrival of not only end-to-end encryption for users, but also disappearing messages. Not to be outdone, Edward Snowden's favorite messaging service, Signal, has followed suit.... |
| Oct 11, 2016 | Signal gets disappearing messages — but for tidiness, not privacy | Messaging app Signal is proud to be end-to-end encrypted, and privacy is their watchword — but its new ephemeral messages aren’t being billed as tools to that end, and nor should they be.
Disappearing text and pictures are the main addition... |
| Oct 5, 2016 | Open Whisper Systems defeats government subpoena of Signal data with encryption | If you think you and your data are safe on the internet, think again. As we increasingly entrust companies with our data and information, many of these entities end up letting us down. For instance, in a bombshell reveal, we recently learne... |
| Sep 21, 2016 | Google lands in hot water after backtracking on earlier Allo privacy promise | When Google first announced Allo, its newest chat app, there was some controversy around why the service didn’t use end-to-end encryption by default and only in its Incognito mode. The reason for this, Google has always said, was that it ne... |
| Aug 1, 2016 | A Few Easy Steps to Campaign COMSEC | As experts debate the policy implications of the DNC hack and need for attribution, there appears to be consensus that campaigns need better cybersecurity. The unanswered question is how exactly to ensure secure internal campaign communicat... |
| Jul 10, 2016 | What Facebook Messenger encryption means for the future of chatbots | Facebook is slowly introducing some new security features in Messenger that could have an impact in the world of chatbots, both now and in the near future.
If you read the press information, you’ll find that the change — known as end-to-end... |
| Jul 8, 2016 | Facebook Messenger starts testing end-to-end-encryption in secret chat mode | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Facebook is testing out a feature within its Messenger app to ensure that — as it becomes an indispensable way to communicate — people ... |
| May 25, 2016 | Here’s What Encryption Has in Common With Free-Range Chicken and Recycled Paper | One of the NSA’s old ears. (Photo: CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
Privacy has become a digital feature consumers look for, like “sweatshop-free.” Apps that offer good privacy get positive points with the public, at least in the form of a... |
| May 20, 2016 | Google Allo security explained: The good, the bad and the ugly | Google isn’t happy with the chat apps it already has, so at I/O 2016 it showed off a new Assistant-infused Allo messaging app as well as a Duo video chat app intended to work like Apple’s FaceTime, but across platforms. From Google’s demos,... |
| May 18, 2016 | Google’s Allo won’t include end-to-end encryption by default | Google announced its new messaging app Allo at its I/O developers conference today, and it looks pretty cool. It’s a feature-rich interface with graphics and doodles, and it works with Google Assistant to make suggestions and schedule plans... |
| May 4, 2016 | 3 potential holes in WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
It’s been almost a month since, right on the heels of the Apple vs FBI showdown, WhatsApp added fresh fuel to the already hot encryptio... |
| Apr 9, 2016 | Encrypted Messaging App Signal For Desktop Now Open To All With Publicly Available Beta | Horia Ungureanu, Tech Times 09 April 2016, 06:04 am
Signal, the encrypted messaging app from Open Whisper Systems, finally reached the open beta testing phase for desktop computers.
Four months ago, the developers started testing the softwa... |
| Apr 6, 2016 | WhatsApp is now completely hack-proof with end to end encryption | Share this article:
WhatsApp Messenger, the app that allows people exchange messages and make over-the-internet calls around the world is now completely secure with an end-to-end encryption. Therefore WhatsApp messages and calls between a s... |
| Apr 5, 2016 | WhatsApp completes end-to-end encryption rollout | It’s a security project that’s taken around a year and a half to complete, but messaging giant WhatsApp has now fully implemented strong end-to-end encryption on its platform and across all mobile platforms for which it offers apps.
This me... |
| Apr 5, 2016 | WhatsApp turns on end-to-end encryption by default | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| Apr 5, 2016 | WhatsApp turns on end-to-end encryption by default | Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp today announced that it has turned on end-to-end encryption by default. That means content that people share, whether they be text messages, voice messages, photos, and videos, are now more secured.
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| Apr 5, 2016 | WhatsApp is now most widely used end-to-end crypto tool on the planet | samazgor reader comments 91 with 57 posters participating, including story author
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| Feb 25, 2016 | Apple Hires Developer Behind Signal, Edward Snowden’s Favorite Secure Chat App | Apple hires plenty of interns all year round, but one particular addition revealed this week caught the eye given the company’s current position opposing a controversial order to enable the FBI to access the iPhone used by one of the San Be... |
| Jan 21, 2016 | Signal, iMessage, And ChatSecure: Top 3 Messaging Apps To Keep Your Data Safe (And Your Selfies, Too) | Vamien McKalin, Tech Times 21 January 2016, 05:01 am
Many folks probably have not thought of it this way, but taking selfies and sending them out on a regular basis can threaten one's privacy. When a selfie is taken and sent to friends, fam... |
| Dec 4, 2015 | Encrypted Messaging App Signal Coming To Google Chrome, Will Sync With Android | Anu Passary, Tech Times 04 December 2015, 01:12 am
Signal, the encrypted open-source messaging app, is now set make its way to desktops and will run via the Google Chrome browser.
The much-lauded application that has even been recommended b... |
| Dec 3, 2015 | Encrypted Messaging App Signal Set To Launch Desktop Beta For Chrome | Lauren Keating, Tech Times 03 December 2015, 03:12 pm
Developer Open Whisper Systems announced the launch of its encrypted messaging app for desktops on Wednesday.
Praised by Edward Snowden, the open source app, called Signal, will now be a... |
| Dec 2, 2015 | Encrypted messaging app Signal launches on desktop for Android users | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| Dec 2, 2015 | Encrypted messaging app Signal launches on desktop for Android users | Moxie Marlinspike has been working for years to make an easy-to-use, end-to-end encrypted communication app.
Last month, his organization Open Whisper Systems launched a protected voice calling and texting app called Signal for both iOS and... |
| Nov 8, 2015 | Tor Wars: The Signal Awakens | Jon Evans Contributor
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| Nov 4, 2015 | Edward Snowden-Approved Signal Messaging App Now Available For Android | Dave Calpito, Tech Times 04 November 2015, 01:11 am
Signal, the messaging app used by Edward Snowden, has finally made its debut on Android.
Six months upon its arrival in iOS, the encrypted text, chat and call app has arrived on Android de... |
| Nov 2, 2015 | Open Whisper Systems releases Signal encrypted messaging app for Android to replace TextSecure and RedPhone | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Open Whisper Systems, a provider of security-related technologies and apps for mobile devices, has started rolling out an Android versi... |
| Oct 4, 2015 | Reverse Engineering Proves Journalist Security App Is Anything But Secure | On Friday, Motherboard reported that the new Reporta app, billed as "the only comprehensive security app available worldwide created specifically for journalists," may not be secure at all.
After we published our story, Frederic J... |
| Sep 2, 2015 | Even the Inventor of PGP Doesn’t Use PGP | If you've ever tried to learn how to send an encrypted email, you know it's a painful, easy-to-fuck-up process. To use a popular buzzword in Silicon Valley-speak, it's anything but "frictionless."
So much so that even Phil Zimmerm... |
| Jul 7, 2015 | The Nuts and Bolts of XKEYSCORE | I've been reading through the 48 classified documents about the NSA's XKEYSCORE system released by the Intercept last week. From the article:
The NSA's XKEYSCORE program, first revealed by The Guardian, sweeps up countless people's Internet... |
| Jun 9, 2015 | Intercepted WhatsApp messages led to Belgian terror arrests [Updated] | reader comments 56 with 43 posters participating, including story author
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| May 30, 2015 | The War On Crypto Terror | Jon Evans Contributor
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| Mar 7, 2015 | The Doomed Quest For The Golden Key | Jon Evans Contributor
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| Mar 3, 2015 | Now you can easily send (free!) encrypted messages between Android, iOS | Open Whisper Systems reader comments 64 with 47 posters participating
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Further ReadingIn surveillance era, clever trick enhances secrecy of iPhone text messagesOn Monday, Op... |
| Mar 2, 2015 | You Can Now Easily Send Encrypted Texts to Anyone, and the NSA Is Gonna Hate It | The NSA is not thrilled about the fact that encrypted communications are becoming easier and more widespread than ever before. Its director, Admiral Mike Rogers, said as much last week during a cybersecurity event in Washington, D.C., where... |
| Feb 25, 2015 | How To Protect Your Phones From Gemalto-Like SIM Card Hacking | Fergal Gallagher, Tech Times 25 February 2015, 03:02 pm
The world was shocked by revelations from Edward Snowden recently that U.S. and British spies hacked SIM card maker Gelmato to gain access to billions of phones.
The encryption keys on... |
| Feb 7, 2015 | What You Need To Know About Zero Knowledge | Jon Evans Contributor
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| Jan 13, 2015 | Here’s What Happened On Twitter After The U.K. PM Said He Wants To Ban Encryption | Yesterday U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron was dubbing a Fox News commenter who had made ludicrous claims on a topic on which he was entirely mis-informed “clearly an idiot“.
Today Cameron has been branded a dunce of similar proportions af... |
| Jan 13, 2015 | Wickr CEO Nico Sell: behind the glasses | Nico Sell’s PR wrangler is trying to convince me to spend my entire Wednesday on a boat off the coast of Northern California with the sunglasses-clad CEO as she kicks off a three-day women’s big wave surf competition at Mavericks.
I’ve been... |
| Jan 13, 2015 | Wickr CEO Nico Sell: behind the glasses | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| Dec 29, 2014 | As tecnologias que a NSA ainda não consegue quebrar (ou pelo menos não conseguia até 2012) | Depois do escândalo de espionagem do governo dos Estados Unidos, houve uma campanha para que todos adotassem criptografia: hoje, até a comunicação entre você e o Tecnoblog é feita com uma conexão “segura”. Mas isso não adianta muita coisa s... |
| Nov 21, 2014 | Text Messaging on WhatsApp Android App Now Gets End-to-End Encryption | Aaron Mamiit, Tech Times 21 November 2014, 04:11 am
WhatsApp, the messaging service that Facebook acquired for $19 billion earlier in the year, has teamed up with Open Whisper Systems to offer end-to-end encryption on messages sent through ... |
| Nov 19, 2014 | WhatsApp Rolls Out Biggest Security Measure Ever | Whatsapp locked down its popular messaging service Tuesday, using end-to-end encryption to protect user communications against prying eyes.
“I do think this is the largest deployment of end-to-end encryption ever,” Open Whisper Systems CTO ... |
| Nov 19, 2014 | WhatsApp Encryption Has Just Made It More Difficult for Gov’t to Spy on You | Nicole Arce, Tech Times 19 November 2014, 10:11 pm
Facebook-owned WhatsApp has a surprising new feature that privacy advocates and Edward Snowden himself will love. The highly popular messaging app now has end-to-end encryption to prevent a... |
| Nov 18, 2014 | Whatsapp brings strong end-to-end crypto to the masses | Wikipedia reader comments 60 with 29 posters participating, including story author
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In a coup for privacy advocates, strong end-to-end encryption is coming to Whatsapp, a cr... |
| Nov 18, 2014 | WhatsApp Partners With Open WhisperSystems To End-To-End Encrypt Billions Of Messages A Day | Good news for people who love privacy and security, bad news for black-hat hackers and government surveillance agencies. WhatsApp, the wildly popular messaging app, has partnered with the crypto gurus at Open WhisperSystems to implement str... |
| Nov 18, 2014 | WhatsApp partners with Open Whisper Systems for end-to-end encrypted messages | One of the hardest fights to be fought in the online messaging arena is getting mainstream players, like Facebook Messenger or Snapchat, to use end-to-end encryption.
Today Open Whisper Systems announced a new victory: messaging service Wha... |
| Nov 18, 2014 | Good News: WhatsApp Gets Serious About End To End Encryption | We recently noted that it was really good news to see companies like Google and Apple finally taking end user encryption seriously, and it appears that’s spreading. The super-popular chat messaging app WhatsApp, which was acquired by Facebo... |
| Nov 5, 2014 | Majority Of Top Messaging Apps And Tools Fail EFF’s Security Review | It may have taken massive hacks of popular platforms like Apple’s iCloud and messaging app Snapchat to generate mainstream awareness around the fact that any content stored online is vulnerable to attack and exposure. Meanwhile, thanks to r... |
| Oct 28, 2014 | Whisper, Secret, and Snapchat leaks show that fake privacy is almost worse than no privacy at all | What’s worse than no privacy? Fake, malfunctioning “privacy” apps.
A slew of anonymous apps and ephemeral messaging services have popped up in the last few years — some in direct response to news of data collection by the National Security ... |
| Oct 28, 2014 | Whisper, Secret, and Snapchat leaks show that fake privacy is almost worse than no privacy at all | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| Oct 17, 2014 | Whisper CTO says tracking “anonymous” users not a big deal, really | reader comments 73 with 47 posters participating
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On Thursday, the Guardian reported that the developers of Whisper, a social media platform that allows individuals to post ... |
| Oct 11, 2014 | Edward Snowden’s Privacy Tips: “Get Rid Of Dropbox,” Avoid Facebook And Google | According to Edward Snowden, people who care about their privacy should stay away from popular consumer Internet services like Dropbox, Facebook, and Google.
Snowden conducted a remote interview today as part of the New Yorker Festival, whe... |
| Jul 29, 2014 | Talk Private To Me: Free, Worldwide, Encrypted Voice Calls With Signal For iPhone | Rejoice, O lovers of privacy! For Open WhisperSystems has released Signal for iPhone, which gives any and every iPhone wielder the power to fully encrypt their calls against prying ears — and is completely compatible with OWS’s time-tested ... |
| Jun 9, 2014 | iOS 8 to stymie trackers and marketers with MAC address randomization | reader comments 88 with 59 posters participating
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Enlarge / Until iOS 8 gets here, you might consider turning off Wi-Fi in iOS 7 while you're out in public.
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| Jun 2, 2014 | Reddit, Imgur, DuckDuckGo, BoingBoing And More Will Participate In Anti-NSA Protests This Week | A number of websites for Internet services, businesses and even several nonprofits, including Amnesty International, Greenpeace, MoveOn.org, and others, will participate in a series of online anti-NSA protests this week. The websites, which... |
| May 24, 2014 | The Internet Is Burning | Jon Evans Contributor
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| Mar 10, 2014 | The Secret Bubble | There are not a lot of posts in my Secret feed marked ‘nearby’. In fact, I can tell you the exact number: 0. This is because I live in a medium-sized city in the San Joaquin valley, not in San Francisco, New York, Austin or San Diego — the ... |
| Dec 26, 2013 | BitHub Pays Open-Source Developers in Bitcoin | Privacy software provider WhisperSystems has announced that it is integrating bitcoin with open-source code hosting site GitHub to launch a new service, Bithub. This service will offer the company's developers an easy and fair way to fund t... |
| Dec 19, 2013 | Whatsapp Reaches 400 Million Active Users – A Good Time for Them to Become Serious About Security | Whatsapp is already one of the most popular ways to communicate with friends on mobile devices, especially when you’re talking cross-platform communication. Today they’re announcing that they’ve reached a new milestone of 400 million active... |
| Dec 10, 2013 | CyanogenMod 10.2 automatically encrypts text messages by default | reader comments 30 with 22 posters participating
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The National Security Agency is continually clawing for user data, and cell phones are a big part of that effort. Cyanogenm... |
| Sep 1, 2013 | AH Tech Talk: Will Tech Companies Fight On Our Side in the Surveillance War against the Government? | Thanks to the whistleblower Edward Snowden we know that the US government’s spying goes beyond our most wild imaginations, and we discovered that unfortunately many of the biggest tech companies today, who provide services to hundreds of mi... |
| Aug 23, 2013 | In surveillance era, clever trick enhances secrecy of iPhone text messages | Creative Heroes reader comments 70 with 49 posters participating, including story author
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| Google Allo security explained: The good, the bad and the ugly | Google isn’t happy with the chat apps it already has, so at I/O 2016 it showed off a new Assistant-infused Allo messaging app as well as a Duo video chat app intended to work like Apple’s FaceTime, but across platforms. From Google’s demos,... |
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