Google Assistant can now read your Telegram and WhatsApp messages, raising privacy concerns
Google’s Assistant wants access to 3rd party messages.
New UK Home Secretary Priti Patel says anti-encryption summit “exciting moment for the UK”
The war against encryption is underway.
Facebook is globalizing the idea of bypassing end-to-end encryption by compromising devices
The debate about end-to-end encryption is rendered useless if Facebook is compromising messages before they even leave the device.
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes is working to break it up
Hughes is working with a group of academics to tackle Facebook’s monopoly.
Research shows most young people keep away from Facebook
The Facebook platform itself is more popular with older people. Younger people do use Instagram, however.
Facebook rep denies under oath that the company devotes any resources to identifying promising tech acquisitions
Perault’s testimony contradicts reports and leaked documents which show that the company used its Onavo VPN app to monitor the popularity of WhatsApp before acquiring it.
Facebook used “Stormchaser” tool to keep track of negative press
You would think that with a negative Facebook story every day, the company would have already given up the idea of trying to contain negative press.
Apple and Google call on UK’s spy agency not to force spying on innocent citizens by breaking end-to-end encryption
Spy agencies have long been anti-encryption.
Despite the founder saying it would never happen, Facebook just announced ads are coming to WhatsApp
Now’s a good of a time as any to switch apps.
German minister, Horst Seehofer, wants to decrypt your private messages
The battle against end-to-end encryption continues.
Big Tech is easily evading GDPR laws
GDPR hasn’t had the impact that many thought that it would have.
Indonesia restricts social and chat apps after riots break out in Jakarta
It follows a dangerous precedent of stopping people from communication during major incidents.
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