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Snowden-Endorsed IM App Signal Arrives on Android
A private instant messaging app that has the approval of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has finally been released for Android devices. Signal, developed by Open Whisper Systems, has been available for iOS since 2014, combining its previous two apps RedPhone and TextSecure, and is considered the most secure messaging and…
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WhatsApp Messages Led to Belgian Terror Arrests
The FBI have been trying hard to get unlimited access messages passed by encrypted messaging services. However, it apparently didn’t need that level of access to WhatsApp messages sent between members of an alleged Chechen jihadist group operating in Belgium. According to reports released. A pair of men were arrested and warrants were issued…
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Skype for Web Rolls out in New Beta Version for US and UK Users
Have you ever been to an internet café or wanted to Skype a friend or family member from a shared computer? It is really frustrating when you try to use it and you see they don’t have Skype installed, isn’t it? Well, Skype just made things simple for you. Whether…
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These Eight Characters Crash Skype
Users have found a rather interesting bug in the popular voice and video calling application, Skype. The problem (now fixed in an update) caused skype to crash when you sent “http://:” via an instant message. Once the message has been sent, if you re-open Skype – it will instantly crash…
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Google Talk for Windows to be Killed Off Tomorrow
Chat application Google Talk for Windows is to permanently close tomorrow, to be usurped indefinitely by Google Hangouts, Google’s more advanced instant messaging and video chat service. Any user planning to move from Google Talk for Windows, a standalone app, to Google Hangouts now needs to use the Chrome browser.…
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WhatsApp Involved in Almost Half of All Italian Divorces
A new article by GlobalPost says that nearly half of all divorce proceedings in Italy refer to WhatsApp. The Italian Association of Matrimonial Lawyers told the publication that WhatsApp is cited more so than any other source of information that acts as the cause of a divorce. They say that partners…
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WhatsApp Introduces End-to-End Encryption
In a move applauded by privacy advocates, instant messaging service WhatsApp is introducing end-to-end encryption of user data on Android devices, meaning that any messages sent through the app cannot be decrypted by anyone, making it impossible for government agencies to access that data by any means. The encryption protocol…
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BlackBerry Adds Stickers to its BBM Instant Messaging Applications To Attract Users
One of the best features of an instant messaging application, besides all of your friends using it, is stickers. Just like Viber, it appears that BBM is starting to offer this service to its users. BBM is planning to take advantage of the oversized emoticons phenomena to attract more people…
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Yahoo Malware Attack Reportedly More Far-Reaching Than Previously Thought
Yahoo has reported a while back that on January the 3rd, their website has been infected with ad-related malware content. The FoxIT security company reported that the UK, France and Romania were the countries who suffered heavily due to this attack, but further details prove more to it. First of…
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