Author: Zach_Wilson
Don’t worry, WhatsApp isn’t actually using your phone’s microphone to listen in
Google finally acknowledged and fixed an Android bug that caused WhatsApp to gain unauthorized access to a smartphone’s microphone. If you’re not super familiar with the story, around early April some people began noticing, and reporting online, that the software was using their device’s mic without their consent. This issue…
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Reddit pressures mods to end the blackout as they find new ways to protest
Reddit appears to be ramping up the pressure on moderators to open communities that closed in the blackout protest against recently announced platform changes. A Reddit admin — an employee of Reddit — has told unpaid volunteer moderators of a subreddit that the “expectation here is that communities reopen,” according to…
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Meta is yanking news from Facebook and Instagram in Canada
Meta will be removing news from Facebook and Instagram in Canada now that the country’s Senate has passed the Online News Act, the company announced on Thursday. The legislation, officially Bill C-18, will force tech companies like Meta and Google to negotiate with news publishers and pay them for their…
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