APP: The instant messaging application WhatsApp has decided, as usual, to end support for older devices and operating systems Periodically, WhatsApp, like other apps, stops supporting older smartphones and operating systems. As of December 31, the popular messaging app will no longer work on an additional 49 older devices, reports Phonandroid. Most date from around 10 years ago. For iPhones, the iPhone 5 and […]
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MONEY: Some employees fear that the use of cryptocurrency may serve illegal activities First in the number of downloads from the Apple Store, Signal is currently developing cryptocurrency payment solutions, Clubic reports. Experiments based on MobileCoin (MOB) are underway. It is a cryptocurrency built on the Stellar blockchain, designed to make payments simple, secure and potentially impossible to trace can we read on Platformer. […]
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MESSAGING: Affected devices will not be able to accommodate the version of Google Messages that offer end-to-end message encryption Google Messages will stop working on some smartphones. As of April 1, 2021, some users will no longer be able to use the application, reveals Frandroid relaying information from the XDA-Developers site. The latter dug into the latest version of Google Messages and found […]
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PRIVATE LIFE: Secure messaging app, Signal, tops downloads on Apple Store and Google Play platforms in several countries The secure messaging application is booming! Since its competitor WhatsApp warned Thursday that it would share more data with its parent company Facebook, Signal has been at the top of downloads on the Apple Store and Google Play platforms in several countries. […]
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WhatsApp will require its users to share their data with entities of the Facebook group. Me Merav Griguer, lawyer and teacher at Sciences-Po and Assas, deciphers the main issues of this regulatory change for users Whatsapp messaging usage data will be collected and shared from February 8th by the parent company Facebook. This decision, announced Thursday […]
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Twitter has hidden a post from Iran’s Supreme Leader after he promoted a coronavirus vaccine conspiracy theory, claiming his country could not trust British and American jabs. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claimed vaccines imported from the UK and the US were ‘completely untrustworthy’ because it was ‘not unlikely’ the countries ‘would want to contaminate other nations’. […]
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MESSAGING: Telegram boss assures us that “all features currently free will remain free” and that the messaging service will remain ad-free Changes, but no revolution? The popular encrypted messaging program, Telegram will launch paid services from 2021 to finance its growth, after the failure of its fundraising and its virtual currency project, its boss announced on Wednesday. “Telegram will start generating […]
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UPDATE: The iPhone 4 and lower as well as smartphones running Android 4.0.3 and earlier will no longer be able to use all messaging services Some people may have to ask for a new smartphone at Christmas. In 2021, some phones running outdated versions of iOS and Android will no longer be able to access WhatsApp, reports Phonandroid . The Facebook group’s messaging app has a habit of […]
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PERSONAL DATA: Users will have until the 8th February 2021 to validate the new terms of use, otherwise they will no longer be able to use the WhatsApp application. Take it or leave it. At the start of 2021, WhatsApp will change the conditions of use of its services, and in particular, the way in which the application processes users’ personal […]
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CYBERSECURITY: WhatsApp links generated to invite other users to a conversation have been indexed by search engines, thus becoming visible to all. Private conversations on WhatsApp may not really be… Several media outlets in recent days have exposed a huge scandal linked to the privacy of hundreds of thousands of email users belonging to Facebook. Search engines, including Google or Bing, […]
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