Encryption
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WhatsApp says will leave UK market if forced to stop end-to-end protection
London: Meta-owned WhatsApp has said it will leave the UK market if forced to weaken its end-to-end encryption for users under the upcoming Online Safety Bill. In a briefing with reporters, WhatsApp…
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Twitter to roll out individual DM replies, encryption
San Francisco: Twitter Boss Elon Musk has said that the company is seeking to enable responding to individual direct messages (DM), use any reaction emoji, and encryption on the platform later this…
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Google’s client-side encryption for Gmail enters beta
San Francisco: Google has launched a beta of its client-side encryption for Gmail on the web, which will ensure sensitive data in email bodies, and keep attachments unreadable even to Google servers.…
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Google Messages tests end-to-end encryption to group chats
San Francisco: Google has appeared to begun testing end-to-end encryption to its Messages’ group chats. The tech giant first announced its plan to provide end-to-end encryption to group chats over RCS (Rich…
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Zoom allows customers their own encryption keys to protect data
New Delhi: Video-conferencing platform Zoom on Friday announced a new offering that will allow users to protect certain data stored at rest within the Zoom Cloud infrastructure using their own encryption keys.…
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Meta tests end-to-end encryption for individual chats on Messenger
New Delhi: Meta on Thursday announced that it is testing end-to-end encryption for individual chats on its Messenger app. The company is testing secure storage on Messenger, a new feature that allows…
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WhatsApp sees 7 billion voice messages daily, unveils new tools
New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp on Wednesday said that people are sending 7 billion voice messages daily on average, all of which are protected by end-to-end encryption. The company announced new features that…
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No default end-to-end encryption for Facebook Messenger, Instagram until 2023
Washington: Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp’s parent company — Meta, does not plan to roll out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) by default on Messenger and Instagram until 2023. The company merged Messenger and Instagram…
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WhatsApp begins rolling out end-to-end encryption for chat backups
San Francisco: Facebook-owned WhatsApp has finally started rolling out end-to-end encrypted chat backups for iOS and Android users globally. With the new update, if a user chooses to back up his chat…
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WhatsApp reportedly developing feature to transcribe voice notes
Washington: Facebook owned instant messaging service WhatsApp is reportedly developing a feature that’ll offer transcriptions of received voice messages, letting users easily read what’s been said without having to play it out…
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WhatsApp testing encrypted Cloud backups on Android
San Francisco: Facebook-owned WhatsApp is reportedly testing a technology to independently encrypt chat backups in the Cloud, which has been enabled in its most recent Android beta update.“After releasing the multi-device beta…
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1M ransomware attacks, hackers demand $70M
San Francisco: Russian cybercriminals behind the Kaseya supply chain ransomware attack have demanded a record $70 million to decrypt nearly one million affected devices. Ireland-based Kaseya provides IT solutions, including VSA, a…
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Google adds VPN to iPhones using Google Fi plans
San Francisco: Google has announced that iPhone users on any of its Google Fi phone plans will now automatically get a built-in VPN service. Previously announced on “Safer Internet Day” in February…
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Google enables end-to-end encryption within Messages app
Washington: Google has been rolling the end-to-end encryption feature to everyone using rich text communication within the Messages app. According to Mashable, the technology giant has been planning on adding end-to-end encryption…
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Security flaw found in 2G mobile data encryption standard
Berlin: Cybersecurity researchers in Europe say they have discovered a flaw in an encryption algorithm used by cellphones that may have allowed attackers to eavesdrop on some data traffic for more than…
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