“A handful of Google services today are available as Progressive Web Apps. Following Music and TV, the main YouTube site can now be installed as a PWA for quick dedicated access. Progressive Web App support for YouTube.com was added over the past few days.”
Signal vs. WhatsApp vs. Telegram: What to know before you switch messaging apps
“If your choice of encrypted messaging app is a toss-up between Signal, Telegram and WhatsApp, do not waste your time with anything but Signal. This isn’t about which has cuter features, more bells and whistles, or is most convenient to use — this is about pure privacy.”
Signal CEO Moxie Marlinspike explains his vision for the app — and what he sees as the biggest threats to privacy
“Signal cofounder and CEO Moxie Marlinspike couldn’t have predicted the events of the past year — but they’ve nevertheless contributed to the app’s massive growth in popularity. The encrypted messaging app is best-known for its commitment to privacy.”
How Law Enforcement Gets Around Your Smartphone’s Encryption
“Lawmakers and law enforcement agencies around the world, including in the United States, have increasingly called for backdoors in the encryption schemes that protect your data, arguing that national security is at stake.”
Digital Duplicity: The Social Media Purge Exposes Net Neutrality’s True Goal
“For nearly two decades, Silicon Valley made net neutrality its highest policy priority. Under the banner of a “free and open” internet, Google, Facebook, and Twitter sought regulations to ensure the uninterrupted flow of information by treating every bit equally. Or so they said.”
CISA tells agencies to consider ad blockers to fend off ‘malvertising’
“The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency urged federal agencies on Thursday to deploy ad-blocking software and standardize web browser usage across their workforces in order to fend off advertisements implanted with malware.”
NSA advises companies to avoid third party DNS resolvers
“The US National Security Agency (NSA) says that companies should avoid using third party DNS resolvers to block threat actors’ DNS traffic eavesdropping and manipulation attempts and to block access to internal network information.”
WhatsApp users ABANDON the app over fears their data will be shared with Facebook
“Millions of WhatsApp users ABANDON the app and switch to rivals Telegram or Signal ahead of privacy policy update that will force them to share their personal data with Facebook Millions of WhatsApp users have taken the drastic step of abandoning the app ahead of a privacy policy update that will f”
Spike in new privacy-conscious users disrupt Signal’s servers
“Awareness around personal data privacy has been at an all-time high globally with users now extremely conscious of what sort of data is being collected by technology companies and most importantly how that information is being used.”