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I did my masters research in Android security and privacy: Google’s Android enables platforms like Facebook and other ad companies to abuse APIs that invade you’re privacy. Did you know on Android devs can get a list of apps installed on your phone without a permissions prompt?— Whitney Merrill (@wbm312) March 25, 2018

Some users asked me about a Gizmodo article that claims everybody should stop using Telegram because we don't encrypt chats. This article is an astounding example of shoddy reporting that consists almost entirely of incorrect and misleading statements. I'll begin by refuting the most blatant examples: 1. Always encrypted The author deliberately confuses encryption and end-to-end encryption and claims that some data on Telegram is sent and stored unencrypted. This is not true. All data is encrypted. Secret Chats…

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New York Times CEO Mark Thompson caused a minor stir a couple weeks ago when he gave a speech at an advertising conference declaring that “No one who refuses to contribute to the creation of high quality journalism has the right to consume it.” He went on to say that while the Times is “not […]

Disclaimer: This post is solely my personal opinion, as someone from outside the team who consulted on security for Allo. Update: I erased...

Apple hires plenty of interns all year round, but one particular new addition revealed this week caught the eye given the company's current position opposing a controversial order to enable the FBI to access a locked iPhone.

The number-one way hackers get into business systems is simply by breaking a weak password.

Millions and millions of people use iMessage every day. But how many people know exactly what happens to a message once you send it? Maybe a handful. Up until now, the vast majority of what we knew about iMessage’s inner workings came from reverse engineering and best guesses. This week, however, Apple quietly released a document that breaks it all down.