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Home Telegram, Signal won't shield your chats from hackers
New Delhi: So you have decided to open a Telegram account in the wake of the WhatsApp-NSO group spyware incident that affected 1,400 select users globally, including some in India. Some of you may even be attempting to join the chat app Signal for that elusive security that, unfortunately, was never there in the first place. Take this seriously: Encryption is fundamentally flawed and once...
- 3 days ago
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Home Facebook let Tinder get special access to user data: Report
San Francisco: Despite dismissing Tinder cofounder Sean Rad as irrelevant, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg allowed the dating app special access to user data, as revealed by leaked exchanges between the two executives. Access to Facebook data helped Tinder thrive, but there came a point when it inched closer to losing that access, Forbes reported on Thursday. Released this week, the...
- 5 days ago
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Home Samsung Galaxy Fold: Indians just love to unfold the future
New Delhi: Money can buy you anything and if it is about purchasing a smartphone worth Rs 1.65 lakh, it has to be some really cool, top-of-the-line and never-seen-before gadget that must entice every single soul the moment you take it out from your pocket. Samsung that won the race to launch the world's first foldable device - Galaxy Fold - in September and then delivering it to...
- 5 days ago
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Home How to find out what data apps are collecting about you
New Delhi: With instances of data leakage becoming more and more common, privacy has become the chief casualty. But for those who want to find out if an app is stealthily collecting their data, there are ways to find out, according to researchers. As cybersecurity firm Kaspersky explained in a blog, most apps collect some information about the user. Sometimes, they really need such data...
- 5 days ago
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Home 57% Indians want censorship for Netflix, Hotstar: Survey
New Delhi: With a number of shows on online streaming platforms having violence, nudity and strong language, about 57 per cent of people in India now think censorship is required for over-the-top (OTT) platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar and Voot, according to a new survey by YouGov. While 27 per cent of those surveyed think censorship is not required for these platforms,...
- 2 weeks ago
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Home Mass surveillance tech just needs a missed call to hack you
New Delhi: As Indians break their heads over WhatsApp spygate where an Israeli bug infected select users smartphones to access their personal details, the mass surveillance technology has truly come of age and now the governments just need to make a missed call to install an "exploit link" into the device of a person they want to bug and listen in. From the days when...
- 2 weeks ago
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Home WhatsApp introduces fingerprint lock for Android phones
San Francisco: WhatsApp on Thursday introduced fingerprint lock on supported Android phones to help users protect their chats from being seen by hackers, family members or jilted lovers. Users who install the new version of WhatsApp will have to scan a fingerprint to open up the Facebook-owned platform. "Earlier this year, we rolled out Touch ID and Face ID for iPhone to provide an...
- 2 weeks ago
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Home Facebook News to forge business ties with media outlets: Mark Zuckerberg
New Delhi: Internet has disrupted the business model for journalism and Facebook, with its dedicated News service on its platform, will help news publishers earn and stay afloat in the competitive news era, Mark Zuckerberg has said. The social networking giant has tied up with 200 news outlets to introduce a dedicated News tab on its platform that will highlight the most...
- 2 weeks ago
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Home iPhone SE 2 launch likely by March
San Francisco: Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has revealed that iPhone SE 2 is scheduled to go into mass production in January 2020 and be launch at the end of March. Kuo expects the device to look similar to the iPhone 8 and believes it will be a popular upgrade option for existing iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S owners, MacRumors reported on Monday. He had earlier said, the phone would have an A13 chip, also being used...
- 2 weeks ago
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Home Motorola G8 Plus with triple camera now in India
New Delhi: Refreshing its Moto G family, Lenovo-owned Motorola has launched its G8 Plus with stock Android experience in India for Rs 13,999. According to the company, the handset comes with a quad-pixel camera system, and delivers four times low-light sensitivity for sharper photos and videos in any light. The phone features a 48MP sensor with autofocus, a 16MP sensor and a 5MP camera.
- 3 weeks ago
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