‘There isn’t really another choice:’ Signal chief explains why the encrypted messenger relies on AWS
After last week’s major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage took Signal along with it, Elon Musk was quick to criticize ...
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The rise of “catch a cheater” apps exploits our worst human tendencies
When people sign up for a dating site like Tinder, they don’t expect their profiles and personal information to be ...
Welcome to the ‘papers, please’ internet
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the ...
Apple pulls ICEBlock from the App Store
Antifa, as described in the national security presidential memorandum (NSPM), is both everything and nothing. It is in forums and ...
The UK’s war on Apple encryption is back
The UK government is reportedly once again demanding that Apple provide it with backdoor access to encrypted iCloud user data, ...
Adam Mosseri’s ‘we’re totally not spying on you’ video is raising a lot of questions
Today, the same day that Meta announced that it will soon use your AI chats to personalize the ads it ...
Tile’s lack of encryption could make tracker owners vulnerable to stalking
Life360 takes the privacy and safety of our members and products very seriously. It’s why we participate in the HackerOne ...
Proton Mail’s updated app adds an offline mode
Proton has launched a major update for its encrypted Mail app, which not only adds a refreshed layout but also ...
Google will use hashes to find and remove nonconsensual intimate imagery from Search
On Wednesday, Google announced a partnership with StopNCII.org to combat the spread of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII), the company announced ...
Facebook gave our data to Cambridge Analytica and all I got was this $38.36
I received an email earlier this week saying my claim had been approved in In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy ...
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