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The Latest Breaking News from Signal

Signal users can now keep their phone numbers provide with usernames

The features, currently in beta, will allow users to connect without ever having to share a number.

Android Central

Signal officially abandons phone numbers sharing in the name of privacy

Currently available only in beta, you can now use a username instead to chat with other people on the Signal app. Here, all you need to know to get started.

TechRadar

WhatsApp will soon let you chat with other messaging apps – here's how the company says it'll work

WhatsApp cross-app messaging is on the way and we finally have a clear idea of how it might work.

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WhatsApp could soon let you directly message other apps like Signal

WhatsApp's newfound interoperability with third-party apps may be the result of the EU's Digital Markets Act.

TechRadar

Atlanta police use Signal to discuss ‘Cop City’ amid outcry over transparency

High-ranking members of police department using encrypted phone app to communicate about project amid public concern

The Guardian - US

Signal hits back at French government ban on popular messaging apps

Meredith Whittaker, president of the Signal Foundation, says a leaked French government memo risked undermining public trust in cybersecurity protocols, after it was revealed that Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne had ordered cabinet members and their staff to delete popular messaging apps like Signal and WhatsApp.

France 24

Signal rejects "dangerously misleading" security flaw allegations

As France bans its ministers from using WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram on security grounds, Signal CEO calls the Prime Minister out. Here's what happened.

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2023 Lisbon Web Summit: A playground for the next generation of AI apps

Over 70,000 people took part in the 8th edition of the famous European tech conference. I was there to follow the three-day event as it unfolded.

TechRadar

Sins of the father: Could Joe Bankman go to jail for helping his son run FTX?

“They were living high on the hog while advising a bunch of twentysomethings who had no idea what they were doing,” said a a white-collar defense specialist.

Fortune

Signal is a step closer to ditching phone numbers in the name of privacy

Users will soon be able to use usernames to connect with each other instead of giving out their personal number. Here's all you need to know.

TechRadar

What does the King's speech mean for your digital privacy?

The Monarch gave his support to expand surveillance powers and requirements for tech companies. Here's what's at stake.

TechRadar

Disappearing messages aren't just for kids

A pair of profile legal cases involving Sam Bankman-Fried and Amazon highlight a familiar issue for parents: the use of self-deleting messages.

Fortune

Inside the FTX straw donor machine, where customer funds were funneled into campaign contributions

"It was for advantageous optics," former FTX engineering chief Nishad Singh testified on Monday.

Fortune

Former FTX executive Nishad Singh describes conversation with Sam Bankman-Fried over customer funds: ‘I was blindsided and horrified’

While Bankman-Fried lounged on a white chaise chair, Singh realized that FTX was not force for good but had "turned out to be so evil."

Fortune

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The Guardian - UK

Encryption services are sending the right message to the quantum codebreakers

Quantum computers may still be years away, but it’s prudent that end-to-end encryption providers are ramping up defences

The Hindu

NewsClick raids | Media bodies write to CJI, call for norms on interrogation of journalists

Dozens of media orgs urge CJI to intervene in raids against NewsClick. Protestors demand accountability of State agencies & officers who overstep the law. Letter to CJI requests norms to discourage seizure of journalists’ phones & laptops & guidelines for interrogation. #PressFreedom

The Conversation

The UK just passed an online safety law that could make people less safe

The UK’s long-debated online safety bill (OSB) has been approved by the House of Lords, clearing the way for it to become law. But it has pitted the government, which proposed the bill, against tech companies that provide secure messaging services. Critics say it will allow authorities in the UK…

Fortune

U.K. Online Safety Act: The good, the bad, and the ugly

The now-agreed bill will mandate age verification or estimation, introduce a new censorship regime, and possibly undermine encryption.

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Evening Standard

WhatsApp may integrate with other messenger apps in Europe

People are expected to be able to message between apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal or Snapchat without needing multiple accounts next year

Zenger

Child Safety Or Privacy? UK Holds Firm On Online Safety Bill Amid Big Tech Backlash

By July 2023, Apple threatened to withdraw iMessage and FaceTime from the U.K. market if the bill became law.

Evening Standard

Why the Online Safety Bill remains a huge threat to London life

Legislation passing through Parliament poses big threats to the apps and websites Londoners use every day, says Barry Collins

The Guardian - UK

UK ministers seek to allay WhatsApp and Signal concerns in encryption row

Government says text scanning under online safety bill would only occur if ‘technically feasible’ after apps threaten to leave country

The Hindu

CBI charges three arrested Railway officials in Balasore train collision case

CBI files charge-sheet against three Railway officials for triple train collision in Odisha's Balasore leading to 291 deaths. Invoking Sections 304, 34, 201 and 153 of Railways Act, CBI alleges officials attempted to destroy evidence & committed lapses in signalling-circuit-alteration and labelling mistake.

Reason

Online Privacy at Risk from Awful U.K. Internet Regulation Bill

The legislation is also terrible on free speech and poses global risks.

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Nasty malware disguised as chat app can track your live location - is it on your phone?

WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, and Facebook Messenger users are being targeted by a fake instant messaging app.

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