Author: Rick Findlay
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Google Messages Took Over Your Galaxy. You Have Options.
The encryption settings, the alternatives, and the trade-offs.
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Google Opens the Play Store to Its Rivals
The company that turned sideloading into a chore is about to let you install its competitors with a single tap.
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Radar Chat Brings Bitcoin Payments to Signal Messaging
It runs on Signal, holds your keys, and slips a Bitcoin button next to the message box, no cash tag…
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The End of the Password, and the Traps on the Way Out
Big Tech would love to hold your keys. Here is how to take the security without accepting the leash.
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California Wants a Watcher Inside Every 3D Printer
California decided your printer should treat you like a suspect.
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Brave 1.92 Adds Built-In Containers for Desktop
Two accounts, one window, and none of the awkward mingling your logins usually do behind your back.
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WhatsApp’s New Update Can Shield You or Sell You Out
Used with care it hides what you give away, and used carelessly it swaps one exposure for another.
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Volkswagen Punishes the Phones That Trust Google Least
The same company that leaked the parking spots of 800,000 cars last year now says privacy-focused GrapheneOS phones aren’t trustworthy…
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The Malware Excuse Behind Amazon’s Locked-Down Fire Sticks
The company that floods your home screen with tracking ads now blocks the apps built to hide them, all in…
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Google Removes the Final Workaround for Full Ad Blocking in Chrome
The world’s largest advertising company also writes the rules governing what ad blockers can do inside its browser.
