November 4, 2015 WhatsApp encrypts messages from beginning to end WhatsApp, the globally popular instant messaging system owned by Facebook, has begun using a powerful new encryption program aimed at protecting users' conversations from unwanted surveillance and snooping.
November 4, 2015 Facebook's privacy update: 5 things to know Facebook is once again trying to simplify its privacy policy, largely to address criticisms that it's too complex and lengthy for the average user.
November 4, 2015 BBM now offers message retraction and Snapchat-like timed messages BlackBerry's cross-platform messaging app now offers message retraction and Snapchat-like timed messages that vanish after several seconds. The new features are free to try out, but you'll have to pay to use them from February. The post BBM now offers message retraction and Snapchat-like timed messages appeared first on Digital Trends.
November 4, 2015 Google chief fears surveillance scandal could ‘break the Internet’ Google chairman Eric Schmidt said at a gathering of tech firms in California on Wednesday that the government spying scandal is so serious there's a danger it could "break the Internet."
November 4, 2015 'Google-like' search engine puts NSA snooping back in the spotlight The National Security Agency’s surveillance machinery is again in the spotlight after a report claimed that it is secretly providing data to almost two dozen U.S. government agencies via a powerful “Google-like” search engine.
November 4, 2015 In a kerfuffle about the Facebook messaging app? Here are 5 things you should know Facebook's recent effort to force people to adopt its standalone mobile messaging app has privacy-concerned users up in arms. Many of them believe the app is especially invasive.
November 4, 2015 Tech Q&A: Online airline tickets, Facebook threats, and more Want to know the best day to buy cheap airline tickets online and how to handle threats on social media? Then read this column.
November 4, 2015 Should you create a social networking prenup? Couples have begun to add social media clauses to their prenuptial agreements, says financial adviser Kathleen Grace.
November 4, 2015 Researchers work to secure military smartphones Soldiers in Afghanistan are experimenting with smartphones engineered to better protect operational datas designed by scientists at Vanderbilt University’s Institute for Software Integrated Systems, or ISIS.
November 4, 2015 European Court of Justice lawyer sides with Google in 'right to be forgotten' case A top lawyer at the European Court of Justice said Tuesday that Google and other search engines should not have to remove web pages containing personal information from their search indexes -- a defeat for the so called "right to be forgotten."
