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Indian WhatsApp hacking victims question government ties
Indians whose phones were hacked via WhatsApp asked the government to make public ties with the Israeli firm accused of deploying the spyware. Read more…
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Activist asks Indian court to order probe into WhatsApp
A right-wing social activist in India filed a petition in India to order a probe into Facebook and WhatsApp over revelations of app vulnerabilities. Read more…
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High profile US allies targeted in WhatsApp hacking fiasco
Senior government officials in multiple US-allied countries were targeted earlier this year with hacking software using WhatsApp to take over users’ phones. Read more…
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Vodafone, Google expose the real flaw in 5G (and everything)
At 3 p.m. on Thursday 13th 2019, Vodafone customers took to social media to complain that their service was down (if they were able to). Read more…
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What’s the difference between White-Hat vs Black-Hat hacking?
Hacking isn’t inherently bad or illegal unless the hacker is working to compromise a computer system without the owner’s permission to do so. Read more…
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Friday Futures: new brain cells and bubble science
Welcome to Friday Futures, our weekly guide to the latest visions of The Future from around the web. This week: a new type of brain cell; AI should rule the world; versatile bots; flying cars; hacking Read more…
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Soon bad guys will be able to hack your DNA – now that’s disruptive
If you think having your computers hacked is scary, then you ain’t seen nothing yet. If you can edit DNA, you can hack it. There is a huge amount of interest in DNA at the Read more…