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WhatsApp blocked in Brazil after it refuses to hand over user data
On Thursday, a Brazilian judge overturned a 48-hour block of WhatsApp that a lower court had imposed when the company refused to hand over …
India exempts social media from encryption policy
The Indian government has exempted social media applications from a new encryption policy after public uproar over the proposed measures. The new law would …
Does the government really want to ban WhatsApp, iMessage and Skype?
Eight hundred million people around the world use WhatsApp to communicate, we learned this week from its owners, Facebook. Yet this is the messaging …
David Cameron wants to ban encryption in Britain
David Cameron has signalled that he intends to ban strong encryption — putting the British government on a collision course with some of the …
How your phone and fitness band could end up giving evidence against you
A criminal suspect can’t be forced to divulge their phone passcode, a US circuit court judge ruled in October 2014. Yet law enforcement officials …
Few Messaging Apps Found To Be Truly Secure
How secure Relevant Products/Services is your favorite messaging app? In all probability, not very. According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, only six applications were …
EU OKs Facebook/WhatsApp deal, despite threat of American telecoms takeover
The European Commission has approved Facebook’s $19 billion purchase of the messaging service WhatsApp, despite fears the US giant social network will kill competition …
EU seeks rivals’ feedback on Facebook, WhatsApp deal
EU antitrust regulators are asking Facebook’s rivals and telecoms operators whether the world No. 1 online social network’s proposed $19 billion bid for mobile …
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