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Apple’s privacy-focused features risk trapping users in its walled garden

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by on June 4, 2019 at 8:03 am
Posted In: Around the Web


During its WWDC keynote, Apple fired several shots against Facebook and Google with a number of privacy-focused features. But the one that deserves a special mention is the company’s single sign-on (SSO) feature. Apple’s SSO is a lot similar to log in with Facebook, Google, or Twitter buttons you see on third-party apps and websites. To stand out from the current options available, “Sign in with Apple” promises to allow you to sign in without providing any personal information like email addresses to third-parties. When you opt in to hide your email, it will create a unique randomly generated email…

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Former BitConnect India chief on the run after promoting another crypto-scam

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by on June 4, 2019 at 7:43 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


India‘s authorities have uncovered more cryptocurrency scams connected to the alleged head of BitConnect Asia, Divyesh Darji, Times of India reports. Police claim Darji had also been marketing another dubious cryptocurrency-related investment, “Regal Coin,” by offering short-term returns of 5,000 percent on any investments made. He’s also alleged to have promised Regal Coin would make investors more money than holding Bitcoin, but they would need to stay invested for at least 99 days. Darji’s name also appeared during investigations into another potentially fraudulent digital asset known as “Dekado coin.” Regal Coin and BitConnect shared some similarities. A police spokesperson maintains Darji…

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