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What is Signal and is it secure?
AFP, Published on 26/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - Signal is an end-to-end encrypted messaging app that is considered one of the most secure in the world by security professionals, but was never intended to be the go-to choice for White House officials planning a military operation.
Telegram boss admits ‘seriousness’ of French allegations
AFP, Published on 18/01/2025
» PARIS - Telegram founder Pavel Durov has told investigating magistrates in France, where he is charged with multiple infractions linked to enabling organised crime, that he “realised the seriousness of all the allegations”, according to a source close to the case.
WhatsApp debuts one-to-many broadcasting 'Channels'
AFP, Published on 08/06/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO: WhatsApp on Thursday began letting select organisations try a new feature called "Channels" that lets them broadcast to followers on the popular, Meta-owned messaging service.
In new Telegram video, CIA urges Russians leak 'the truth'
AFP, Published on 16/05/2023
» WASHINGTON - The US Central Intelligence Agency bolstered efforts to convince Russians to leak their country's secrets on Monday, posting an emotional video on Telegram aimed at people frustrated with the situation under President Vladimir Putin.
Fresh fears after Facebook's role in US abortion case
AFP, Published on 11/08/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook sparked outrage by complying with US police probing an abortion case, boosting simmering fears the platform will be a tool for clamping down on the procedure.
Report calls out rising extremism in Canada military
AFP, Published on 26/04/2022
» OTTAWA - The number of white supremacists and other violent extremists within Canada's military is growing at an "alarming rate" and commanders are not doing enough to root it out, a report said Monday.
Brazil Supreme Court judge lifts ban on messaging app Telegram
AFP, Published on 21/03/2022
» BRASíLIA - The Supreme Court judge who had ordered messaging app Telegram blocked in Brazil reversed the ruling Sunday, after the tech company complied with an earlier decree to make changes to the platform.
Athlete surveillance warnings cloud China's Winter Olympics
AFP, Published on 20/01/2022
» BEIJING: A growing number of Western nations and cybersecurity groups have issued digital surveillance warnings for next month's Winter Olympics in Beijing, with some advising foreign athletes to leave personal phones and laptops at home.
Mandatory Chinese Olympics app has 'devastating' encryption flaw: analyst
AFP, Published on 19/01/2022
» WASHINGTON: An app all attendees of the upcoming Beijing Olympics must use has encryption flaws that could allow personal information to leak, a cyber security watchdog said Tuesday.
How an indebted US physician sells Covid falsehoods
AFP, Published on 31/08/2021
» WASHINGTON: For Sherri Tenpenny, God is on the side of those who spurn Covid-19 vaccines. Making money, critics say, is the Ohio osteopath's higher calling.