Telegram Gained 3 Million New Users During WhatsApp, Facebook Outage

WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram faced a widespread outage yesterday with users from around the world reporting issues with sending messages on WhatsApp and Messenger, posting feeds on Facebook and accessing other features on the three Facebook-owned … Continue reading Telegram Gained 3 Million New Users During WhatsApp, Facebook Outage

Does WhatsApp Have A Privacy Bug That Could Expose Your Messages?

In-short conclusion—Whatsapp service or its 45-days deletion policy doesn’t seem to have a bug. For detailed logical explanation, please read below.

An Amazon employee earlier today tweeted details about an incident that many suggest could be a sign o… Continue reading Does WhatsApp Have A Privacy Bug That Could Expose Your Messages?

Police crack encrypted chat service IronChat and read 258,000 messages from suspected criminals

Dutch police have revealed that they were able to spy on the communications of more than 100 suspected criminals, watching live as over a quarter of a million chat messages were exchanged. The encrypted messages were sent using IronChat, a supposedly s… Continue reading Police crack encrypted chat service IronChat and read 258,000 messages from suspected criminals

75,000 Turks Arrested So Far for Downloading Encrypted Messaging App

WARNING: If you are Turkish and using or have installed ByLock—a little-known encrypted messaging app—you could be detained by Turkish authorities.

You might be thinking why???

Because using this app in Turkish is illegal since last year.

The background story begins here…

Remember the deadliest Turkey’s failed coup attempt?
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In July 2016, a section of the Turkish military

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Dutch Police Seize Another Company that Sells PGP-Encrypted Blackberry Phones

The Dutch police arrested four suspects on Tuesday on suspicion of money laundering and involvement in selling custom encrypted BlackBerry and Android smartphones to criminals.

The Dutch National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU), dedicated team within the… Continue reading Dutch Police Seize Another Company that Sells PGP-Encrypted Blackberry Phones