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The DMA requires that Meta “must be ready to enable interoperability with other services within three months of receiving a request,” but according to the blog post, actually turning it on for public use could take longer than that. The requirements also only mandate support for one-on-one chats and sharing files like images, videos, or … Read more
Meanwhile, Julia Weis, a spokesperson for the Swiss messaging app Threema, says that while WhatsApp did approach it to discuss its interoperability plans, the proposed system didn’t meet Threema’s security and privacy standards. “WhatsApp specifies all the protocols, and we’d have no way of knowing what actually happens with the user data that gets transferred … Read more
Since 2016, the social behemoth now known as Meta has been working to deploy end-to-end encryption in its communication apps. CEO Mark Zuckerberg even promised in 2019 that the data privacy protection would roll out by default across all of the company’s chat apps. In practice, though, it was a wildly ambitious goal fraught with … Read more
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Proton Drive, the end-to-end encrypted cloud storage app, is getting more like Google Drive. The Android version of the app now lets you automatically back up and manage the photos on your phone. With the addition of a photo syncing and management feature, it’s becoming more viable as an alternative to mainstream cloud storage options … Read more
Swiss privacy-focused company Proton has launched its end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) cloud storage service for Mac users, four months after it landed on Windows. Founded some nine years ago, Proton was originally focused on its flagship Gmail alternative called Proton Mail, but the company has expanded its horizons into VPNs, a password manager, calendar and, indeed, cloud storage. … Read more
Before you go pouring your heart out to Billie, “your ride-or-die older sister” played by Kendall Jenner, or an AI grandpa named Brian on Instagram, know that your messages might not be private. Meta’s AI personas, now live in beta, are a collection of characters — some played by celebrities and creators — that users can … Read more
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET Carrying around unencrypted data on flash drives is asking for trouble. Losing a flash drive is bad enough, but having that data fall into the wrong hands could be an absolute disaster. Also: Worried about iPhone 12 radiation? Here’s what you need to know It therefore makes sense to not only encrypt your data, … Read more
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In a brand new help doc, Twitter has detailed what you may anticipate from the primary model of the platform’s encrypted direct messages. Maybe most notably, to have the ability to ship and obtain encrypted messages, you’ll need to pay Twitter for the flexibility to take action. Platforms like WhatsApp, Messenger, Sign, and iMessage already … Read more