Signal’s New Usernames Will Let You Can Keep Your Phone Number Private

Photo: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg (Getty Images) For those who care about digital privacy, few apps are more beloved than Signal. For years, the end-to-end encrypted messenger has offered some of the best privacy protections on the web. Strong encryption, zero subscription fees, and virtually no data collection? What’s not to like? The FTC Just Prescribed a … Read more

Weekend Tech Roundup January 06, 2024

Google Just Disabled Cookies for 30 Million Chrome Users. Here’s How to Tell If You’re One of Them. But me love cookies!Photo: VIAVAL TOURS / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock) Mr. Tweet Fumbles Super Bowl Tweet Today marks the first of many upcoming moments of silence in Google’s years-long plan to kill cookies. As of this morning, the … Read more

23andMe to Data Breach Victims: It’s Your Fault!

What happens when a company loses a bunch of user data? Typically, they apologize and sheepishly beg for forgiveness. Not so with 23andMe. The popular genomics company, which suffered a pretty terrible data breach last year, has instead opted to tell pissed off customers that they probably should’ve picked a better password if they didn’t … Read more

Fb Lets Mother and father See Who Youngsters Are Speaking to Messenger

Meta has unveiled a set of recent security instruments supposed to offer dad and mom extra oversight of their teen’s exercise on Messenger and Instagram DMs. Beginning at this time, dad and mom and guardians can view how a lot time their teen spends on Messenger, obtain updates on modifications to their contact lists and … Read more

Fb Needs to Block FTC Modifications to $5B Privateness Settlement

Picture: Buda Mendes (Getty Pictures) Legal professionals for Meta, the father or mother firm of Fb and Instagram, are accusing the Federal Commerce Fee of making an attempt to exert extra energy than the company is granted by legislation. The company is planning to revise its 2020 settlement with Fb over the corporate’s privateness violations, … Read more