December 21, 2020

Naked Security Live – Watch out for Messenger scams

Here's the latest Naked Security video talk - watch now! (And please share with your friends...)

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December 18, 2020

“Is it you in the video?” – don’t fall for this Messenger scam

If a friend asks "is it you in the video", don't be in hurry to find out!

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March 24, 2020

Facebook Messenger may ban mass-forwarding of messages

Facebook has done this before: it did it with WhatsApp, following an outbreak of lynchings sparked by viral social media hoaxes.

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March 16, 2020

Report calls for web pre-screening to end UK’s child abuse ‘explosion’

The IICSA report cited "unprecedented levels of depravity" and said that encryption is getting in the way of current screening.

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February 10, 2020

Facebook encrypted messaging will ‘create hiding places for child abuse’

Child safety groups penned an open letter to Facebook, urging a delay on encrypted messaging until sufficient safeguards are in place.

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August 15, 2019

Facebook got humans to listen in on some Messenger voice chats

Facebook says it's paused the practice of collecting voice clips and sending them to employees to transcribe and analyze.

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August 01, 2019

Five Eyes nations demand access to encrypted messaging

The alliance wants tech companies to build backdoor access to users’ encrypted data, by force if necessary.

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March 15, 2019

Facebook outage coincides with (or causes?) 3m new Telegram users

A worldwide, nearly day-long outage at Facebook led to Telegram having a busy, busy day.

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March 08, 2019

Zuck says Facebook is becoming more “privacy focused”

Facebook's planning a new, highly integrated platform and talking a lot about encrypted messaging.

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