Quite a world view, Blackberry’s CEO John Chen has there: BLACKBERRY CEO John Chen has said he is “disturbed” by Apple’s tough approach to encryption and user privacy, warning that the firm’s attitude is harmful to society. […] Chen remarked:…
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Antivirus software is snake oil!
Let’s say you download a file you do not trust. What do you do? Well, you run it through an anti virus scanner to see if it is safe, of course! Question: why do you trust the anti virus scanner?…
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*Poof* your GMail has been disabled
Read in the voice of Gandalf, quoting the engravings of the ring to Frodo: One Google Account for everything Google So it is written on their sign-up page. And an alluring promise it is. The song of praise for the…
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How worried should you be about the NSA’s plans to hijack Google Play (Project “IRRITANT HORN”)?
The Intercept reported that the NSA has or had plans for a man in the middle attack on app stores with the goal of swapping out apps for their “special version” while you download them. The article unfortunately doesn’t really…
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Oh, by the way, don’t sell your used phone…
What’s the first thing you do when buying a new Android phone? Well, unless you are a bit paranoid, you hook it up with your Google account (it’s kinda difficult not to). What’s the last thing you do before passing…
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What exactly is a GSF ID? Where do I get it from and why should I care?
Let’s first tick off the cursory answers real quick, so we are all on the same page: GSF ID stands for Google Services Framework Identifier. The GSF ID is a unique 16 character hexadecimal number. Your device automatically requests a…
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Mozilla wants to pull the plug on HTTP…
According to their latest blog post, Mozilla wants to drop support of HTTP in favor of HTTPS in the long run. In theory, that’s a good decision. Unencrypted web traffic is not even a good idea for websites that host…
