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A White House staffer left a piece of paper with his encrypted email password...
A White House staffer wrote down his passwords for an encrypted email service on White House stationary and left it at a bus stop in DC, The Intercept reported Saturday. The piece of paper was found by...
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DocuSign's IPO filing warns of a new kind of risk factor: Trump
E-signature company DocuSign made public on Wednesday the document it filed that starts the process for a public offering.Among the risk factors the company listed in the document, it included...
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You should stop using Facebook Messenger until it proves it's worthy of your...
Facebook Messenger is one of the most popular messaging apps, with 1.2 billion users.That huge audience makes it extremely useful — your friends and family probably use it — but it also means that...
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People are using the messaging app Telegram to share pirated movies and...
Popular messaging app Telegram has become a new haven for people sharing pirated movies and shows, in addition to stolen login credentials for services like Netflix and Spotify, according to an...
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Critics are slamming the new iMessage-like feature coming soon to all Android...
A new feature called "Chat" will soon be deployed across every Android phone, as it will be automatically turned on within the default "Messages" app.Chat is not a Google service, although Google did...
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The tools you've been using to secure your emails have a flaw — here's what...
Anyone who actively wants their email communication to be secure and private — and uses common email security plugins — should take notice.Those security plugins for email apps Apple Mail, Thunderbird,...
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The 6 best apps for keeping your private messages safe from hackers, spies,...
If you're concerned about digital eavesdropping — or if you just value your privacy — you should probably be using a secure messaging app.The most important technological concept here is the idea of...
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The CEO of messaging app Telegram is claiming that Apple has been blocking...
The CEO of the messaging app Telegram is saying Apple is blocking updates to the app.Pavel Durov, who founded Telegram in 2013, said early Thursday that Telegram had been unable to update its app since...
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Apple approved a long-awaited update to Telegram — a day after the CEO of the...
Apple on Friday approved an update to Telegram the secure messaging app.The approval comes a day after Telegram's CEO complained that Apple hadn't approved an update to the app since April.The delay in...
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'Delete all your emails and then acid-wash' your hard drives: Sean Hannity...
The Fox News anchor Sean Hannity on Wednesday night urged witnesses in the Russia investigation to delete evidence and destroy their electronics before giving them to the special counsel Robert...
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Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter are making it easier to transfer...
Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter are collaborating on an open-source project that will make it easier to transfer your data between websites.Files like contacts, photos, mail, calendars, and...
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Apple is building a special portal for law enforcement officials to get user...
Apple will create a special portal for law enforcement officials to legally request and receive user data from Apple, according to a letter sent to a senator and obtained by Business Insider.Apple...
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Australia passed laws allowing police to spy on encrypted messages. Here's...
Australia has just passed new laws which give authorities unprecedented access to encrypted messaging, setting a dangerous precedent for governments around the world.The Assistance and Access Bill...
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Australia's anti-encryption law is so unpopular, there was only 1 comment in...
The Australian government has passed a law that forces tech companies to give law enforcement access to encrypted messages. The law is widely disliked by the technology industry, especially Apple,...
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If you're feeling less comfortable sharing photos to Facebook, here's why you...
Facebook has been dealing with more data scandals and internal controversies this year, which makes me feel less comfortable sharing photos to the social network.Instead, I've been increasingly sharing...
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The internet's 'father' says it was born with two big flaws (GOOGL)
Vint Cerf, one of the creators of the internet, said the network had two big flaws when he launched it.The internet didn't have room for all the devices that would eventually be connected to it, said...
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Some lawmakers are already raising concerns about Facebook's plans to merge...
Some lawmakers have spoken out about Facebook's plans to partially merge WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram.The social network plans to combine the back-end systems of the three apps, so users can talk...
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Facebook says it will move to encrypted, auto-deleting messages — and warns...
Facebook says it will make messages auto-delete and encrypted by default.In a blog post published Wednesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company wanted to become a "privacy-focused communications...
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Mark Zuckerberg used this story about a jailed Facebook executive to make a...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote a 3,200-word blog on Wednesday spelling out how Facebook is going to lean into end-to-end encryption.Zuckerberg made a point about privacy by recalling the story of...
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Wall Street is losing its battle against encrypted apps like WhatsApp and...
Wall Street is losing its grip on employee communications amid a proliferation of encrypted messaging apps, according to remarks made by bankers and enforcement officials at a conference panel in...
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