We live in a connected world. These days, losing your cellphone signal doesn’t just mean you can’t check Instagram — it could be a matter of life and death. Regardless of which type of phone you have or which cellular service provider you use, it’s inevitable that you’ll run into service disruptions, either from bad weather … Read more
November 13, 2023 at 11:45 a.m. EST The funeral of Hamas militant Mohammed Fayyadh, 19, in Jenin refugee camp, in Palestinian territory, on Friday. Fourteen Palestinians were killed on Thursday in and around the Jenin refugee camp during a raid by the Israeli Army. The funeral of several militants was celebrated on Friday. (Lorenzo Tugnoli … Read more
End-to-end encrypted messaging app, Signal, is getting closer to launching a much anticipated feature that will allow users to share only a username in order to connect with other users, rather than having to reveal the phone number linked to their account, as is the case now. Other secure messaging platforms, such as Telegram and … Read more
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Signal is publicly testing letting users add usernames to their accounts so they don’t have to share their phone number to connect via the encrypted messaging service. The test was announced via a post on the Signal forums by VP of engineering Jim O’Leary, who referred to the feature as “pre-beta” and warned that there’ll … Read more
We live in a connected world, where losing your cellphone signal doesn’t just mean you can’t check Instagram — it could be a matter of life and death. It doesn’t matter which type of phone you use or even which cellular service provider you have, it’s inevitable that you’ll run into service disruptions, either from bad … Read more
We live in a connected world, and these days losing your cellphone signal doesn’t just mean you can’t check Twitter and Instagram — it could be a matter of life and death. Regardless of which type of phone you use or even which cellular service provider you have, it’s inevitable that you’ll run into service … Read more
We live in a constantly connected world, and losing a cellphone signal doesn’t just mean you can’t check Twitter and Instagram — it could be a matter of life and death. Regardless of what type of phone you use or even which cellular service provider, you’re bound to run into service disruptions, either from bad … Read more
Sam Bankman-Fried appears at federal court in New York on Oct. 4, 2023, in this courtroom sketch. Artist: Claudia Johnson Much of the government’s case against Sam Bankman-Fried hinges on the testimony and text messages from those in his crypto inner circle who turned against him late last year after the implosion of FTX and … Read more
Witness Adam Yedidia answers questions during Sam Bankman-Fried fraud trial over the collapse of FTX, the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, at Federal Court in New York City, October 5, 2023, in this courtroom sketch. Jane Rosenberg | Reuters Two of Sam Bankman-Fried’s former friends from MIT, who also worked at crypto exchange FTX while living with … Read more
Tech corporations and privateness activists are claiming victory after an eleventh-hour concession by the British authorities in a long-running battle over end-to-end encryption. The so-called “spy clause” within the UK’s On-line Security Invoice, which consultants argued would have made end-to-end encryption all however not possible within the nation, will not be enforced after the federal … Read more