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Google Gets Serious About Two-Factor Authentication. Good!
““Turn on two-factor authentication” is solid advice, and WIRED has repeated it for years. Doing so ensures that your password isn’t the only line of defense against unauthorized access to your accounts. The only problem? The onus was always on you to figure out how to make it happen.”
You can now make it harder for someone to spy on your use of Google services
“It’s no surprise that Google keeps track of your interactions with Google devices and apps. You can check out what goodies Google has on you by going to the My Activity page (myactivity.google.com).”
Craig Federighi says the Mac has an ‘unacceptable’ malware problem – 9to5Mac
“As detailed earlier this afternoon, Craig Federighi is currently testifying during the Apple vs. Epic lawsuit.”
Facebook Messenger becomes the third non-Google app to reach 5 billion installs on the Play Store
“With the popularity of Android, plenty of applications have managed to cross over the one billion installs threshold on the Play Store. It’s a lot more selective in the five billion-plus club, which only two non-Google apps have ever succeeded in joining.”
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WhatsApp plans to hold features for ransom until you accept privacy terms
“WhatsApp users are being presented with something of a good news-bad news situation from the Facebook-owned chat app. A May 15 deadline to accept new privacy terms for WhatsApp is no longer going to be enforced.”
Only 4 percent of US iPhone users have agreed to app tracking after iOS 14.5
“Facebook’s worries about iOS 14.5 might have been justified. Flurry Analytics (owned by Engadget parent Verizon Media) has determined that just 4 percent of American iPhone users running the the new software opted in to app tracking in the first 12 days after it arrived.”
Update to iOS 14.5.1 Right Now or Your iPhone Is a Sitting Duck for Hackers
“Apple has rushed out fixes to two major vulnerabilities in iOS and iPadOS 14.5, last month’s update that implemented its App Tracking Transparency feature. Both bugs could have allowed malicious parties to remotely execute code, possibly leading to the takeover of an affected device.”
