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Tag Archives: Mobile
WhatsApp Web has privacy holes that could expose user photos
WhatsApp has just rolled out a new service called WhatsApp Web that allows users to sync the messaging app between their mobile devices and desktop, but the new web client has a couple of privacy pitfalls that indicate it’s not really ready for its close-up.
Hotels that block personal Wi-Fi hotspots will get busted, says FCC
So ends Marriott’s campaign to block guests’ hotspots and force guests to pay for its own Wi-Fi, even though they don’t threaten security. 
Google asked to muzzle Waze ‘police-stalking’ app
US police are typically the ones to surveil, not the other way around, as Google’s crowd-sourced, police-mapping traffic app is doing. Now sheriffs are asking Google to pull the plug on it. 
Whisper editor’s out the door after scandal, internal investigation
The internal investigation into the secret-sharing app’s use and/or abuse of users’ data didn’t find any wrongdoing, but plenty of questions are still unanswered. 
WhatsApp issues 24 hour ban for WhatsApp Plus users
WhatsApp has started giving out day-long bans to those using a third party Android app to send and receive messages through its service.
Hackers for hire? Hacker’s List – for those with no ethics or espionage skills
Prying open a boyfriend’s private accounts is just one of the crimes listed on ‘Hacker’s List’ – a Task Rabbit/Craigslist-esque hackers-for-hire website.
Marriott’s stopped blocking your Wi-Fi hotspots
Post-big-bucks fine, Marriott has now stopped blocking personal Wi-Fi devices at hotels.
Insta-sham: Instagram fixes its no-so-private photo bug… well, sort of
Instagram has fixed a privacy flaw that allowed anyone with the URL to see photos posted on the service, even if the user’s account was set to private. At least, it has kind of fixed it.
From Facebook, through iPhones and Androids, to Macs – make the safest start to 2015!
Are you looking to turn over a new security leaf yourself in 2015, or trying to convince your friends and family to do so? Here are some great places to start…