[ad_1] The change should reach your devices sometime in the next week. Facebook didn’t explicitly outline the reasons behind the decision, but it has ongoing plans to make Messenger faster and lighter rather than an a do-it-all front end. The decision to axe Discover certainly helps achieve that goal. It’s also an acknowledgment that all-encompassing […]
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Google search is showing invitations to private WhatsApp groups
[ad_1] You won’t want to count on these invitations leaving the web, either. A WhatsApp spokesperson asserted these links were shared in “searchable, public channels,” and that people who want to keep links private shouldn’t share them on publicly reachable sites. Google’s public search liaison, Danny Sullivan, reiterated this by saying it was “no different” […]
WhatsApp desktop security flaw gave intruders remote access to files
[ad_1] Facebook built WhatsApp on an Electron framework that makes it easier to deliver multi-platform apps based on web technology. As Ars Technica explained, though, Electron isn’t secure if an app is based on an outdated web engine. The flaws affect WhatsApp’s desktop software from version 0.3.9309 and earlier, as well as people who paired […]
Google’s latest stab at messaging may be an all-in-one business app
[ad_1] The app would be part of the G Suite productivity tools run by the Google Cloud team. That would be part of the appeal — companies could have just one or two apps to manage instead of several. Google has declined to comment on the apparent leak. The incentives aren’t hard to see. Many […]
Microsoft releases a free tool to fight online child abuse
[ad_1] Project Artemis reviews text-based conversations and evaluates whether they could be considered grooming. It assigns a rating, and companies can use those ratings to flag conversations for review by human moderators. The project began in November 2018 at a Microsoft “360 Cross-Industry Hackathon.” Since then, Microsoft, The Meet Group, Roblox, Kik, Thorn and others […]
Messaging app ToTok is reportedly a spying tool for the UAE
[ad_1] There appear to have been attempts to cover up ToTok’s roots. It’s officially developed by Breej Holding, but that’s believed to be a front for DarkMatter, a cyberintelligence company run by UAE intelligence officials and former operatives from the NSA and Israeli military intelligence. The software is also linked to Pax AI, a data […]
RCS messaging is now available to all Android users in the US
[ad_1] RCS is considered a rough parallel to Apple’s iMessage with WiFi chatting, high-quality photos and videos, typing notifications, read receipts and better group chat controls. It doesn’t have end-to-end encryption like iMessage, though. As with SMS, your conversations aren’t particularly secure. There’s still a long way to go before RCS is truly universal, though. […]
Snapchat Cameos lets you insert your face into a GIF
[ad_1] If that sounds a touch creepy, well, you’re not wrong. According to a GIF that Snap supplied (above), you can appear as an anthropomorphized cat, someone riding a shopping cart, a giant animated “thumbs down” emoji and more. You can add your own message and, as you’d expect, Snapchat will also create facial expressions, […]
Google’s next chat service is… Photos
[ad_1] Now when you’re sending pictures and videos to your friends or family, you can share them in an ongoing, private conversation in @googlephotos. ? Here’s how sharing within the app just got simpler https://t.co/aBDfhzSyyt pic.twitter.com/QJ2j0crME9 — Google (@Google) December 3, 2019 When you share individual photos and videos, you can add them to a […]
WhatsApp banned over 400,000 accounts during Brazil’s election
[ad_1] There is evidence of a likely culprit, however. A Guardian data study indicated that the “vast majority” of false info shared on WhatsApp during the election favored far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro, with 42 percent of sampled right-wing messages containing false claims versus just 3 percent for the left-wing camp. The eventual winner was also […]