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Meta cracks down on scams
Published in News
Monday, 25 November 2024 10:27

Meta cracks down on scams


Closes two million pig butchering accounts

Meta said it has removed more than two million accounts this year linked to overseas criminal gangs behind scam operations that have allegedly forced hundreds of thousands of people into scamming roles and cost victims billions of dollars worldwide.

NSO Group operates Pegasus Spyware
Published in News
Monday, 18 November 2024 10:33

NSO Group operates Pegasus Spyware


It wasn’t its government customers after all

Legal documents released during the ongoing US litigation between NSO Group and WhatsApp have revealed that the Israeli cyberweapons maker’s customers do not do dirty work.

Google forcing better Gemini integration in WhatsApp
Published in Mobiles


Part of its cunning plan to replace Google Assistant

Search engine outfit Google is working on making its Gemini AI project more tightly integrated with WhatsApp.

Big Tech mulls leaving the UK
Published in News
Monday, 14 August 2023 10:27

Big Tech mulls leaving the UK


Too much post Brexit regulation

Big Tech is considering leaving the UK because they are being swamped with more regulation than they see in the EU.

Rise and Fall of Skype
Published in News
Monday, 03 July 2023 11:28

Rise and Fall of Skype


How Microsoft messed up

CNBC has created a 15-minute video The Rise and Fall of Skype which explains how the messaging app was ruined by the software king of the world Microsoft.

WhatsApp users can edit messages
Published in News
Tuesday, 23 May 2023 10:03

WhatsApp users can edit messages


If they are quick

WhatsApp users can finally edit their messages.

Spain wants to abandon end-to-end encryption
Published in News


Claims it is about protecting children

Spain wants to ban encryption for hundreds of millions of people within the European Union and has strong support among EU member states for proposals to scanning private messages for illegal content.

WhatsApp will ignore autocratic British end-to-end encryption laws
Published in News


Only autocratic regimes who make peasants eat turnips do this sort of thing

The salad-strapped UK government's planned move to outlaw end-to-end encryption has already found a conscious objector in the form of WhatsApp.

WhatsApp fined €5.5 million by Irish
Published in News
Friday, 20 January 2023 11:34

WhatsApp fined €5.5 million by Irish


GDPR kicks in making Meta's eyes water

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission backed a German complaint against WhatsApp and slapped a €5.5 million fine on the company.

Facebook could be forced to flog Instagram and WhatsApp
Published in News


Details of multi-state law suits emerge

Social notworking site Facebook could be forced to flog off Instagram and WhatsApp to make a flurry of US lawsuits go away.