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UPDATE: WhatsApp New Privacy Terms – Good News
Hi Guys, Following on from my post on the 11th January I wanted to let you know that WhatsApp have said on Friday that it wouldn't enforce its recently announced controversial data sharing policy update until May 15. This is really great news! I will keep an eye on...
ALERT: This is What WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger Collect About You
Hi Guys, Forbes has just compared Signal, Apple iMessage, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger to see what information they collect about each of their users. Based on this report it looks like Signal is the best in that they do not collect anything. Apple iMessage is in...
How Law Enforcement Gets Around Your Phones Encryption
Hi Guys, Here is an excellent article written by Lily Hay Newman from Wired Magazine detailing the tools and the processes that law enforcement use to access an Android or iOS device. If you have 5 minutes it is a very good read. Here is the article link -...
NEW: Incognito Jail Break Scanner for iOS
Hi Guys, I am delighted to announce the launch of 'Incognito Privacy' for Apple! We would be very grateful if you could pass this message onto any of your family and friends who have an iOS device. We have some really great features to help keep them safe. Here is a...
ALERT: 2,330,735 User Accounts Breached at Gym Management Software Company Glofox
Hi Guys I hope you are well. Glofox - 2,330,735 breached accounts In March 2020, the gym management software company Glofox suffered a data breach which exposed 2.3M membership records. The data included email addresses, names, phone numbers, genders, dates of birth...
WhatsApp New Privacy Terms – Read This
Hi Guys, I wanted to let you know that Facebook (the owner of WhatsApp) has recently announced that WhatsApp users are about to see a whole new raft of rules that they will be forced to accept in order to continue using the messaging application. At the moment users...
ALERT: Facebook Text Message Scam – Protect Yourself
Hi Guys, Please be aware that there is an active scam happening where people are receiving bogus SMS messages containing links to login to Facebook. The message is very simple and it usually says something like "Get back on Facebook by Clicking Here". Once the person...
Get This Free Security Tool From The EFF
Hi Guys, If you have 5 minutes you should install a really great tool that has been developed in conjunction with the EFF or the Electronic Frontier Foundation. HTTPS Everywhere is a Firefox, Chrome, and Opera extension that encrypts you're communications with many...
How to Secure Your Wifi Now
Hello, We have had a few emails today from people who have had their home and office Wifi remotely accessed without their permission and I wanted to share with you 3 things that you can do right now in order to better secure your own setup. This will only take a few...
3 Ways To Secure WhatsApp
Hello, If you are a user of WhatsApp here are three things that you can do right now that will add essential extra layers of security to your account. I strongly recommend that you stop using WhatsApp until you do these things; Turn on Two Step VerificationOnce this...