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Controversial rights group teaches young Muslims how spies monitor social media
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 29.4.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | privacy, threat, WhatsApp
Summary | A dubious organization is teaching young muslims in the UK how authorities can spy on their digital communications. Government authorities are eager to intercept instant messaging communication to be able to avoid terrorist attacks but companies such as WhatsApp and Telegram are making their services encrypted and refuse to aid the government in their surveillance endeavors.
Image Description | Image of a screen close-up showing the WhatsApp and Facebook icon, portraits of dead terrorist attackers (once with a balaclava), and a Getty image of the GCHQ director (UK intelligence organization?).
Image Tags | Facebook, logo, male(s), WhatsApp
Das ist an Messenger-Verschwörungstheorien dran
(This is the deal with messenger conspiracy theories)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 5.11.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, privacy, Snapchat, texting, threat, WhatsApp
Summary | A list of popular messengers is analyzed in terms of how well they protect their users' privacy. The safest one is Signal and many others have end-to-end encryption, for instance WhatsApp. They still collect the metadata though (interlocutors, time of interaction, location). Some even save the content that is sent around - most shockingly Snapchat which is popular becuase it supposedly leaves no trace. Some messengers supposedly have ties with national security ministries, like Telegram in Russia and Viber in Israel. Apple recently refused to work with the FBI in giving away a customer's personal information.
Image Description | Photograph of a smartphone screen with messengers and a video about messengers.
Image Tags | hand(s), logo, smartphone, WhatsApp
23 versteckte WhatsApp-Tricks
(23 hidden WhatsApp tricks)
Newspaper | Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Date | 25.1.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | GIFs, privacy, texting, WhatsApp
Summary | WhatsApp has added many new features over the years that not everyone may have heard about; from text design options to the sending of documents, doing video chats, or creating your own GIF. User can personalize their privacy settings to some extent, because even if one turns off the read receipt feature (blue ticks), others can still get that information with a few clicks. Treasured conversations can be saved and annoying contacts blocked or muted.
Image Description | Screenshots with instructions.
Image Tags | emojis, WhatsApp
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