Tag: Encryption

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WhatsApp quietly brings encryption to its iCloud backup

San Francisco: After introducing end-to-end encryption in mobile chats last year, WhatsApp has quietly added new security features to its iCloud backup feature. The iCloud backup encryption has been a feature for some time but it has come out in the open only now, Forbes reported on Tuesday. The messages and chats in iCloud backups […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Aadhaar data fully safe, secure: UIDAI

New Delhi: Admitting to an instance of attempt to misuse biometrics data, the Unique identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Sunday said that the information on individuals enrolled by it is safe and secure. This clarification by the UIDAI, which administers the Aadhaar project, comes in the wake of recent reports of breach in the […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Facebook encryption to make child porn rampant: FBI head

Washington: If Facebook continues with its data encryption project, it will only help child pornographers flourish on the social networking platform without any control, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray has said. In a speech at the US Justice Department on Friday, Wray said: “When it comes to protecting children, we’re at […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
WhatsApp CEO 'Worried' About Indian Govt Promoting Koo

New Delhi: WhatsApp head Will Cathcart may not have anything to do with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey but when it comes to India, he is worried — not only about the Union government’s aim to break encryption but also the move to promote the homegrown micro-blogging platform Koo. Speaking to ‘Big Technology Podcast’ host Alex […]

  • Sunday, 04 April 2021
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