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Apple is Fixing the iMessage Flaw That Allows Hackers to Steal Images
Apple’s smartphones are notoriously difficult to hack, but this does not mean that they are completely immune to exploits. Few things really are. Recently, a team of researchers from John Hopkins University have detected a vulnerability that allows hackers to intercept and decrypt images and videos sent using iMessage – Apple’s popular…
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End-to-End Encrypted iMessages Can Still be Read by Apple
Apple’s approach to user security is admirable – though its dedication to end-to-end encryption could see its smartphones banned in California – but despite its iMessage service – an instant messaging app used for communications between Apple devices – seeming impenetrability, there is one loophole that could leave user messages available for Apple…
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UK’s WhatsApp Ban Ruled Unlawful
UK Prime Minister David Cameron plans to ban any online messaging platform that uses end-to-end encryption, such that it would be unreadable by the country’s intelligence services, has been deemed “inconsistent with [European Union] law”. Messaging apps that use end-to-end encryption, such as the popular WhatsApp, Apple’s iMessage, and image…
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David Cameron Plans to Ban WhatsApp
Since Edward Snowden spilled the beans on how government agencies spy on us, a lot of companies took precautions in preserving users’ privacy when using their apps. But it seems that will be made illegal and such apps look to be banned in the future, at least in the UK,…
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iMessage Bug Used to Crash iPhones at Will
People have discovered a new old flaw in iMessage that allows you to crash basically any iPhone at will. I say new old because the flaw already was known back in iOS 6 and IS X 10.8. People are currently using this flaw to abuse and annoy their friends by…
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Apple Finally Letting Users De-Register iMessage Account
Apple has just announced their new website, enabling users to de-register their iMessage service – helping users unbind their telephone numbers from the Apple-only offering. This website has been developed to solve the issue of when a user stops using their iPhone and switches to another device, their registered iMessage…
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Apple Releases a Tool to Remotely Deregister iPhones from iMessage
Got rid of your iPhone and you’ve found you’re not receiving text messages from friends? No problem, as Apple quietly released a tool yesterday that makes solving the problem a lot easier. Ever since Apple introduced iMessage in iOS 5, people have complained about text messages from other…
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Android 4.4 To Let You Set A 3rd Party Messaging App As Default
The Android 4.4 KitKat update is getting near and we are all excited to see what comes out of the brain trust over at Google. One feature that they have confirmed is the ability for users to choose a third-party app as their default SMS or MMS app. This has…
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