Month: December 2022
Now Telegram users don’t need a phone number — they can buy a fake one with crypto
Users had been required to use their mobile phone number to sign up for Telegram, similar to other end-to-end encrypted messaging apps like Signal and WhatsApp. While Telegram maintains that your phone number is never visible to unknown people, it’s still an identifier that inherently stops you short of full…
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Former Theranos executive Sunny Balwani is sentenced to almost 13 years in prison
Ramesh Balwani has been sentenced to 155 months, or just under 13 years, in prison, according to The New York Times. Like his former business partner, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, he’s due another three years of supervised release after he gets out. Balwani will have to surrender to custody on…
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How to enable end-to-end encryption for your iCloud backups
With iOS 16.2, Apple is bringing advanced security features to more of your data. Among other things, it is adding highly secure end-to-end encryption for iCloud backups under the name Advanced Data Protection. This means that essentially only you can access the data stored in your iCloud device backup —…
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Indiana sues TikTok for misleading users on child safety and data security
Indiana’s attorney general filed a pair of lawsuits against TikTok on Wednesday, accusing the company of misleading users about its ties to the Chinese government and showing mature content to minors, as first reported by The New York Times. In his first complaint, Attorney General Todd Rokita claimed that TikTok…
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Let Amazon know what ads you see and it will give you money
Audio player loading… Amazon’s new ad verification program will pay users $2 a month – if they make available what ads they see on their smartphone. Currently, the scheme is only available to UK and US members of the Amazon Shopper Panel, a rewards program that already lets users hand…
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Microsoft is reportedly planning a one-stop “super app” for all your needs
Audio player loading… Microsoft is reportedly considering turning its attention to an all-in-one “super app” that would see it challenging Apple and Google’s dominance in the mobile search space. According to reports by The Information (opens in new tab), the app could combine shopping, messaging, web search, and news feeds,…
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