itnewsbot, to internet

Musk calls out WhatsApp bug ahead of rolling out encrypted Twitter DMs - Enlarge (credit: Clive Mason - Formula 1 / Contributor | Formula 1)

... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1938167

downey, to random
@downey@floss.social avatar

🚨 Here's the important news about that statists REALLY want to distract you from seeing or talking about this week:

🇮🇳 Government in just blocked 14 different encrypted apps such as and .

🔒 Privacy is a human right. Protect it with all your might.

:boost_love: Spread the word.

https://epaper.mvkashmir.com/epaper/edition/198/paper/page/3

kkarhan,

@downey True, #Zulip & #IRC don't do #E2EE, but neither does #Signal or #Telegram or #WhatsApp.

#NotYourKeys = #NotSecureEncryption.

No public APIs = no client & server diversity = backdoors are trivial to integrate.

kuketzblog, to random German
@kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de avatar

Aktuell empört man sich (vornehmlich auf Twitter) über den Messenger WhatsApp. Angeblich soll WhatsApp nachts das Mikrofon mehrmals allein aktiviert haben. Offen gesagt verstehe ich die Aufregung nicht wirklich. WhatsApp war nie, ist nie und wird nie ein vertrauenswürdiger Messenger sein. Es gibt aber genug Alternativen. 👇

https://www.messenger-matrix.de/messenger-matrix.html

GrahamDowns, to random

A self-taught developer from has written a bot for . And you can add it now and start chatting immediately.

That's pretty impressive!

https://gadget.co.za/mobilegptinwhatsapp/

CKsTechNews, to random

allegedly accessing microphone on Google Pixel 7, Galaxy S23 and other

https://piunikaweb.com/2023/05/04/whatsapp-allegedly-accessing-microphone-even-when-not-in-use/

gadgetero, to tech

I wonder if we will ever see WhatsApp for Apple Watch. It is long overdue 😩
WhatsApp now available on Wear OS for beta testers - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/9/23716618/whatsapp-wear-os-app-beta-messages-encryption

glynmoody, to random
@glynmoody@mastodon.social avatar

could disappear from UK over privacy concerns, ministers told - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/08/whatsapp-could-disappear-uk-over-privacy-concerns-ministers-told "If push came to shove, they say, they would choose to protect the security of their non-UK users." bill is another product of ignorant exceptionalism.

pendantry,

@glynmoody I'm certainly no fan of (quite the opposite), but if were to disappear it would be no loss. Faecesbook – sorry, 'meta' – already has too large a share of big tech intrusion into our private lives. (https://signal.org/) is a superior product in any case; in my opinion we should all be switching to that in droves anyway.

Suzie97, to random

people who also use , there is a native app beta that you can download from their website: https://faq.whatsapp.com/451924530376167/?locale=en_US&cms_platform=web

Jochen_Jansen, to random German

Hat vielleicht jemand eine belastbare (und idealerweise verständliche) Quelle zur Hand zum Thema " und die Nutzung von durch den Verein"? Der @bfdi vielleicht?
In meinem Sportverein wurden die Mitglieder nun per Whatsapp aufgefordert, ihre Daten irgendwo einzugeben und (ausgerechnet) die Bestimmungen zum zu bestätigen. 🙄 Davon erfuhr ich nur zufällig, denn ich habe kein Whatsapp und werde das auch nie haben.

Natureshadow, to internet

is a proprietary platform.
is a proprietary platform.
is a proprietary platform.
is a proprietary platform.
is a proprietary platform.
is a proprietary platform.
is a proprietary platform.

johnmacintosh, to random German
@johnmacintosh@swiss.social avatar

und in einem Satz neee🙄🤦🏻

WhatsApp für iOS: Aktuelle Beta erhält neues Datenschutz-Feature https://stadt-bremerhaven.de/whatsapp-fuer-ios-aktuelle-beta-erhaelt-neues-datenschutz-feature/

newstik, to internet

Finally, the intends to impose real rules on : New services or service changes only after an independent privacy evaluation shows that they are compliant. No commercial use of data harvested from users.

This is the end of "move fast and break things".

Meta is . I reported in German in more detail for @heiseonline

https://www.heise.de/news/US-Behoerde-Facebook-immer-noch-substanzielles-oeffentliches-Risiko-8986408.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege

heiseonline, to internet German

US-Behörde: Facebook immer noch "substanzielles öffentliches Risiko"​ ​

Trotz Rekordstrafe soll Meta weiter Datenschutzauflagen verletzt haben. Die FTC will jetzt speziell Kinder schützen. Ob das Manöver gelingt, ist offen.

https://www.heise.de/news/US-Behoerde-Facebook-immer-noch-substanzielles-oeffentliches-Risiko-8986408.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege

itnewsbot, to internet

Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on monetizing youth data - Enlarge (credit: JOSH EDELSON / Contributor | AFP)

Facebook ha... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1936426 #facebookmessenger #childsafety #instagram #facebook #whatsapp #privacy #policy #oculus #meta #ftc

itnewsbot, to internet

Twitter just realized it was dumb to cut off automated public service tweets - Enlarge (credit: CHANDAN KHANNA / Contributor | AFP)

Of all th... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1936362

Em0nM4stodon, to fediverse

To the Elders 🐘✨:

If you had to summarize the many waves of users migration to Mastodon through the years, how would you list them (year + cause)? 🌊:mastodon:​

(Let’s say with a maximum of 10 waves for the sake of brevity.)

kkarhan,

@neil @Em0nM4stodon does not employ actual , since users don't own the private keys at all.

Also they're in the program - just like their acquiring company - so they can't and won't violate , & said agreement.

Or as all the people might say:
" = !"

1br0wn, to random
@1br0wn@eupolicy.social avatar

Hopefully by next summer I can finally leave this unhappy 3/8ths of humanity (once the makes interoperable)

RT @Swiftstories
Zuckerberg as @Meta earnings call gets underway: "We reached the milestone that now more than 3 billion people use one of our apps each day." Actually, 3.02 billion daily active users, on average in March.
https://twitter.com/Swiftstories/status/1651331456302555137

jake4480, to random
@jake4480@c.im avatar

It's interesting to me that so many of us are regular smartphone users now, and we all use them in such different ways.

Figured I'd look at my phone's most used apps as I've never paid much attention to it before. Out of the 55 apps I've used in the last 6 days, yeah, my top 6 aren't a surprise to me at all. 🤣

FreakyFwoof, to random
linusable, to internet French


RT @protonprivacy

"After finding out shares its data with , tens of millions of users switched to other privacy-first messaging apps like @signalapp

Find out what the best alternatives are for your :"

https://proton.me/blog/whatsapp-alternatives

0x58, to infosec

📨 Latest issue of my curated and list of resources for week /2023 is out! It includes, but not only:

-EvilExtractor activity spikes in Europe and the U.S.
-North Korean Hackers Also Hit Critical Infrastructure Orgs
-China building cyberweapons to hijack enemy satellites, says US leak
- Announces New Security Improvements
-Air Force Unit in Document Leaks Case Loses Intel Mission
-Russian hackers exfiltrated data from from over a week before outage
- hackers now push Linux malware via fake job offers
-3CX Software Supply Chain Compromise Initiated by a Prior Software Supply Chain Compromise; Suspected North Korean Actor Responsible
- shares findings on MFT zero-day attacks
- TAG Warns of Russian Hackers Conducting Phishing Attacks in
-Google patches another actively exploited zero-day
-: Iranian hackers behind retaliatory cyberattacks on US orgs
- Malware Infects Over 100 Million Google Play Store Downloads
-Takedown of GitHub Repositories Disrupts RedLine Malware Operations
-Microsoft has shifted to a new naming taxonomy for threat actors
- Videos Distributing Aurora Stealer Malware via Highly Evasive Loader
-’s high security mode blocked NSO , researchers say
- Attacking MS-SQL Servers
- and other encrypted messaging apps unite against UK law plan
-Mom Says Daughter's Voice Was Cloned with AI in $1 Million Kidnapping
- ransomware encryptors found targeting Mac devices

📚 This week's recommended book is "Practical Malware Analysis: The Hands-On Guide to Dissecting Malicious Software" by Michael Sikorski and Andrew Honig.

Subscribe to the to have it piping hot in your inbox every Sunday ⬇️

https://0x58.substack.com/p/infosec-mashup-week-162023

daj, to random

Are you a user?

I much prefer it to , but 90% of my friends are still on WA

I especially like that I can initially connect with people without giving out my mobile number.

I was reading the features for Premium (paid) Telegram users. One of them is no-adverts. I have to say I have never seen an ad in telegram. Have you?

zvinj, to random

Although today is not , I'm trying to test theory that an images lighter than 300KB can break the "whatsapp sometimes doesn't share the image" curse.

zvinj,

The stupid thing is that >300KB images [e.g. at https://is.gd/asythecat which is how this saga started] work perfectly well at

asahi95, to random

I have finally decided that I'll use & for those who are somewhat or is tech-literate (also with friends) and then use & for family and tech-illiterate people 💬

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