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1. Proton Pass gets passkey support for both free and paid users

   By Karlston, March 21, 2024   

   • proton pass
   • 0 comments
   • 877 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 21, 2024

2. The Proton Pass password manager adds Pass Monitor for better identity protection

   By Karlston, May 6, 2024   

   • proton pass
   • 0 comments
   • 1,016 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 6, 2024

3. Threads may start displaying ads as early as January 2025

   By Karlston, November 14, 2024   

   • threads
   • ads
   • 1 comment
   • 905 views
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   • Comment by Karlston
   • November 14, 2024

4. Microsoft releases free Windows Server 2025 security advice book for download

   By Karlston, November 7, 2024   

   • windows server 2025
   • book
   • 0 comments
   • 890 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • November 7, 2024

5. European Court of Human Rights rules against government backdoors in end-to-end encryption

   By Karlston, February 17, 2024
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   • 853 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 17, 2024

6. Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other extensions in Edge

   By Karlston, February 26   

   • microsoft edge
   • manifest v3
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • microsoft edge
     • manifest v3
     • canary channel
   • 2 comments
   • 589 views
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   • Comment by The Boca Deb
   • February 28

7. Microsoft fixes another exploited Chromium security vulnerability in the latest Edge update

   By Karlston, May 15, 2024   

   • microsoft edge
   • vulnerability
   • 0 comments
   • 1,067 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 15, 2024

8. Microsoft patches four security vulnerabilities in the latest Edge update

   By Karlston, December 20, 2024   

   • microsoft edge
   • security patches
   • 0 comments
   • 632 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • December 20, 2024

9. Microsoft wants you on AES as Windows 11 24H2, Server 2025 ditches ancient DES encryption

   By Karlston, March 1   

   • windows 11 24h2
   • windows server 2025
   • 0 comments
   • 456 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 1

10. WhatsApp testing Passkeys feature to make accessing your encrypted backups much easier

    By Karlston, August 28, 2024   

    • whatsapp
    • 0 comments
    • 766 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 28, 2024

11. Meta begins rolling out E2E encryption on Messenger chats and calls

    By Karlston, December 7, 2023   

    • meta
    • messenger
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • meta
      • messenger
      • encryption
    • 0 comments
    • 871 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 7, 2023

12. Microsoft Edge gets fixes for five more security vulnerabilities

    By Karlston, May 17, 2024   

    • microsoft edge
    • security fixes
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    • 966 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 17, 2024

13. New Outlook for Windows wants to send your non-MSA data to its servers for your own good

    By Karlston, November 13, 2023   

    • microsoft outlook for wimdows
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    • 991 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 13, 2023

14. Microsoft helped Indian law enforcers smash a tech support fraud operation

    By Karlston, October 20, 2023   

    • microsoft
    • scammers
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • microsoft
      • scammers
      • india
    • 1 comment
    • 1,074 views
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    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • October 20, 2023

15. PSA: Update your WinRAR copy to fix an actively exploited security vulnerability

    By Karlston, October 18, 2023   

    • winrar
    • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 1,316 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 18, 2023

16. How to create a passkey for your Google account from Windows 11

    By Karlston, October 13, 2023   

    • google
    • passkeys
    • 0 comments
    • 832 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 13, 2023

17. Google has made passkeys the default option for signing into personal accounts

    By Karlston, October 10, 2023   

    • google
    • passkeys
    • 0 comments
    • 579 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 10, 2023

18. Microsoft's Windows 11 Copilot experience gets worse with it now showing ads on desktop

    By Karlston, October 4, 2023   

    • windows 11
    • copilot
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • windows 11
      • copilot
      • ads
    • 2 comments
    • 1,372 views
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    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • October 5, 2023

19. Gmail is working to cut down on spam at the source from 2024

    By Karlston, October 4, 2023   

    • gmail
    • spam
    • 0 comments
    • 975 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 4, 2023

20. Windows 11 Administrator protection gets even better, Microsoft explains how

    By Karlston, May 19   

    • windows 11
    • security
    • 0 comments
    • 187 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 19

21. Grindr charged with a hefty fine of $6 million for sharing sensitive user data illegally

    By Karlston, September 29, 2023   

    • grindr
    • privacy breach
    • 0 comments
    • 703 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 29, 2023

22. WhatsApp head denies reports of ads coming to its app

    By Karlston, September 15, 2023   

    • whatsapp
    • ads
    • 1 comment
    • 959 views
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    • Comment by Karlston
    • September 15, 2023

23. Microsoft fails to fix major PowerShell Gallery security flaws even after claiming it did

    By Karlston, August 17, 2023   

    • microsoft powershell
    • security flaws
    • 0 comments
    • 970 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 17, 2023

24. Windows XP era unofficial anti-spyware comes to Windows 11 as a fork

    By Karlston, July 3, 2024
    • 1 comment
    • 791 views
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    • Comment by Karlston
    • July 3, 2024

25. Apple threatens to pull iMessage and FaceTime from UK

    By Karlston, July 20, 2023   

    • apple
    • uk
    • 0 comments
    • 1,016 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 20, 2023