The WhatsApp App is more important than it seems to be, and it goes even further if we become victims in a Smartphone theft case. There is a large amount of information: Contacts, conversations, photos, videos, and some other kind of files that we do not want to share with anyone. Luckily, some time ago, the WhatsApp App has the backup function. This tool allows us...
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The social network Twitter acknowledged using its users' phone numbers —which were asked for security reasons— with promotional purposes. The company asked its users to provide their phone numbers and e-mail directions to improve their accounts' protection; using the two-steps authentication process. However, this data ended up being used with specific advertising purposes, although Twitter ensures that it was "not intentional". The security failure offered the advertisers a group of users' phone numbers, but their personal information was not revealed. However, the...
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David Wehner, Facebook’s chief of finances, said this past Tuesday that the social media platform will, later this year, announce a new tool that will allow users to partially delete their browsing history, despite the threat it may pose to their business model. Mark Zuckerberg’s company will use it as a way to try to answer the criticism the platform faces regarding its use of personal...
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