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How Hong Kong protesters are embracing ‘offline’ messaging apps to avoid being snooped on

Sep03
by on September 3, 2019 at 7:43 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media


The internet may be vulnerable to state intervention, but demonstrators in Hong Kong have found a way around it to stay connected to each other. As pro-democracy rallies rage in the territory, protestors are increasingly giving up on SMS, emails and China’s social media Swiss army knife WeChat in favor of peer-to-peer mesh networking apps like Bridgefy and FireChat. With the government keeping a close eye on social networks — homegrown and elsewhere — in an attempt to stifle dissent, these off-the-grid messaging apps have proven to be a blessing in disguise. According to Forbes, downloads of Bridgefy has skyrocketed by 4,000 percent…

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Tesla owners reportedly got locked out of their cars because the app was down

Sep03
by on September 3, 2019 at 6:18 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Cars


Connected things are wonderful until they fail on you. Numerous Tesla owners allegedly experienced this today as they got locked out of the car because the app was apparently down for maintenance. Several users took Twitter to pour out their agony. Some of them were logged out of the app and weren’t able to use it to unlock their cars. @Tesla @elonmusk i am locked out of my car and been on hold now for 12 minutes. Why is it so difficult to talk to a Tesla trained human for support? — briango (@briango) September 3, 2019 @Tesla your server is…

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French travel site Option Way leaks 100GB worth of customer details

Sep02
by on September 2, 2019 at 5:37 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


A report published today by security research firm VPNMentor suggests its team found 100GB of unsecured customer data from the French travel booking site Option Way. The database includes details such as names, email IDs, addresses, phone numbers, and travel details. The report noted these customers were mainly from France, Belgium, Switzerland, Algeria, and Australia. Apart from customers’ data, the database also contained details of the company’s employees and credit cards used for transactions. The research team found the unsecured database on August 20 and informed the company five days later. Option Way’s website claims it processes data in an…

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