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What WhatsApp’s new end-to-end encryption means for you

WhatsApp’s new end-to-end encryption means that the only people who can read your messages are you and the person that you’re chatting with.

Last night, I was chatting with a friend from home via WhatsApp, when a message appeared within my chat informing me that my messages and calls in WhatsApp were now secured with end-to-end encryption.

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What is end-to-end encryption?

Think of encryption as a high-tech form of scrambled eggs — when you send messages, make a call, or send photos or videos with the latest version of WhatsApp, your messages are randomly mixed and secured. Only the person receiving your message has the key to unscramble your message so that it can be read. This makes it impossible for hackers, governments and even WhatsApp itself to access any of your messages. In the case that messages are intercepted by criminals or authorities, encryption renders messages unreadable to the unauthorized viewers.

Taking a closer look at cracked Ashley Madison passwords

People create terrible passwords. As simple as this might sound it unfortunately remains news to millions — if not billions — of individuals who use the Internet. As proof, we’ll take a look at a selection of passwords that were revealed in the Ashley Madison leak. Regardless of any shortcomings Ashley Madison had in terms […]

Mr. Robot Review: m1rr0ring.qt

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This week’s episode of Mr. Robot continued from where it left off last week, focusing on the show’s characters rather than hacking methods. We see Elliot struggle with himself as he figures out that Mr. Robot is his dad (who died years ago), who he has been imagining in his mind. Meanwhile, Tyrell’s world is […]

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The dawn of ransomwear: How ransomware could move to wearable devices

Symantec takes an in-depth look at ransomware to see where it could go next. Our research found that smartwatches could be on the ransomware shortlist.Read More

O surgimento do ransomwear: como o ransomware pode atingir dispositivos vestíveis

A Symantec faz uma análise aprofundada do ransomware para avaliar seus próximos destinos. Nossa pesquisa constatou que os smartwatches definitivamente fazem parte da lista de candidatos do ransomware.

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El despertar del Ransomwear: Cómo el Ransomware podría dirigirse hacia los dispositivos móviles

Symantec hace un análisis profundo del Ransomware (forzar a la víctima a pagar un rescate por tener acceso a su información) para ver hacia dónde podría dirigirse. Nuestra investigación encontró que los relojes inteligentes (Smartwatches) están, definitiv

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