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The Indian Supreme Court will be examining whether WhatsApp should be banned following a Public Interest Litigation filed by Haryana based RTI activist Sudhir Yadav. Yadav PIL petition claims that ever since WhatsApp started to enable its every message with 256-bit encryption since April, it cannot be broken into and that is abetting terrorist who pass on important messages through it. “Even if WhatsApp was asked to break through an individual’s message to hand over the data to the government, it too would fail as it does not have the decryption keys either,” Yadav said in his petition....

Using Federated Identity Management The idea of federated identity management is founded on the invention of worldwide online data exchange of business identities. It uses different applications and system identities. This is a more efficient way that uses a single sign-on since a user can own many accounts, usernames and passwords across numerous systems. It also aims to improve the system’s cost efficiency by getting rid of many administrative roles....

Referring to comments made by UK Prime Minister David Cameron earlier this year, Wales speaking at the IP Expo Europe event in London today asked: “in our country, do we want to allow a means of communication we cannot read? My answer to that question is: ‘No, we must not’.” Cameron has suggested that the government will look to limit the use of tools on services like Snapchat and WhatsApp that are used to hide communications....

Any attempt to run standard desktop programs on Windows Cloud results in the warning message. “The app you’re trying to install isn’t designed for Windows Cloud. Windows Cloud helps protect your PC by running on Windows Store apps. Still want to install the app? See How.” The users see the last sentence of the notification when they try to run programs that are not whitelisted provides them with an option to upgrade the operating system to Windows 10 Pro....

For those unaware, a Windows theme is a collection of modifications to the interface which changes the way Windows looks and feels. A theme may alter the standard Windows icons, mouse cursor, sounds, and desktop background that the operating system will use. Windows users can share their themes with other users via the Settings UI by right-clicking on the currently active theme under Personalization > Themes and selecting “Save theme for sharing”....

In recent months, the company has been continuously trying to improve the browser to make it more popular with its users. While the new Chromium-based Edge is an excellent browser with nearly all features of Google Chrome, not all Windows 10 users wish to use it. For those who tried to remove the updated Chromium-based Edge browser from their device found that they couldn’t. Apparently, Windows 10 users won’t find the option to uninstall the new Microsoft Edge installed via Windows System update once they migrate to the new version....

The usual suspects Most key features of your smartphone require your permission to use them: camera, microphone, video camera, location, and so on. Apps have to ask for this permission, and we all give it without hesitation – we want to use the app, after all. In most cases, apps don’t do anything sinister with this data, but they might sell it to outside advertisers. Location. For instance, the data about stores where you shop and cafes where you take your latte can be used to create personalized ads that target your interests....

For those unaware, Contagion is a 2011 American medical action thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh. Its ensemble cast includes Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Kate Winslet. The plot concerns the spread of a virus transmitted by fomites, attempts by medical researchers and public health officials to identify and contain the disease, the loss of social order in a pandemic, and finally the introduction of a vaccine to halt its spread....

While WhatsApp has been offering a version of the Messenger for Windows PCs with a “classic” Win32 program since 2016, it has now finally released its ‘WhatsApp Desktop’ app for Windows 10 PCs in the Microsoft Store after testing it with a limited number of users as part of their desktop app beta program. WhatsApp’s desktop is a web wrapper for its web app, and looks almost like the previous desktop version that is bundled using the Desktop App Converter for Project Centennial....

If you are using macOS. You might have difficulties finding a working BitTorrent client for your MAC PC to download torrent files from a torrent site. Since the release of macOS Monterey, several torrent software stopped working. Luckily, there are many feature-rich torrent downloader for Mac that still works, and hopefully, by the end of this article, you will be able to choose the best BitTorrent client for your Mac that provides high-speed download and support magnet link download....

The teen, who cannot be publicly named, was well known in the international hacking community. He pled guilty in Australian Children’s Court on Thursday, with sentencing set for next month. The teenager’s lawyer said in court that the boy was a big fan of Apple who “dreamed” of working for the company. “Hacky hack hack” During a raid on his family home in Melbourne, the authorities found downloaded files saved in a folder called “Hacky hack hack....

The new decree which was issued by European Commission on 8.1.2015 enables the French government and authorities to ban any website without any warrant or approval of judge. France has been a liberal polity as far as freedom of speech is concerned. Even satire magazine Charlie Hebdo was born out of the tumultaneous 1970 when industrial, labour and student revolutions were a everyday affair in France. It was born as Hara Kiri and was banned for a brief period of 6 months....

Headlights, obviously are very important to any car as they are the “eyes” that illuminate the road during the night and assist the driver to stay in the right lane. Without a fully-functional headlight, one would definitely find it impossible to drive, especially during the night. That being said, the maintenance of headlights should definitely be a top priority for drivers. Now going back to your problem, buying a new set isn’t the only solution to a fogged, discolored and hazy headlight....

After discovering the database, the security researcher reached out to TechCrunch for help in order to track down the owner of the database and get it secured. The publication traced the database to a social media marketing company named Chtrbox based in Mumbai, India, which pays influencers to post their clients’ sponsored content onto their pages. Besides containing publicly available information found on Instagram, such as names, pictures, and the number of followers, it also contained an estimated “worth” of each person listed in the database based on routine metrics like the number of followers, likes, shares, reach and other info....

How a 7-year Betsy Davies hacked a public Wi-Fi network in less than 10 minutesThe Experiment An ethical hacking experiment was conducted as part of a new Wi-Fi safety public awareness campaign by VPN provider hidemyass which aims to prove that how easily one can hack into computers which are connected to these free public Wi-Fi hotspots. The aim of hidemyass was public awareness but what 7 year old Betsy Davies did was more surprising....

If you have projects on Google Code you will have until August of this year 2015, before the site will become read-only. Google Code projects still remaining will no longer be able to be updated, however you will still be able to read and view source code, issues and wikis. On January 25, 2016 the Google Code service will be totally shut down. However you will be able to download tarballs of projects which will be available through the end of 2016....

A Dubai man has lost over Dh20,000 after his bank account was hacked as many as 60 times in a matter of a weekFraud Victim Fraud Victim He came to know about the withdrawals when he tried to withdraw money himself. He got an error saying that there was a lack of funds in his account when he tried to make a withdrawal from an ATM. Assuming it to be a system error, he tried to withdraw money from five different ATMs....

In order to take advantage of the popularity of slim notebooks, AMD has introduced its XConnect technology. With this technology, a lightweight notebook or 2-in-1 with a Thunderbolt 3 port that is compatible with AMD graphics processors will easily be able to play games at the highest possible visual setting, (this will also depend upon which GPU is running inside). So how does XConnect technology work? You can connect a notebook that features a Thunderbolt 3 port and make a connection between the external the GPU computer casing that has been configured with an AMD R9 300 Series graphics GPU....

Android wins the battle against iOS, thanks to poor iPhone 6s salesEuropean performanceUS performance iOS also appears to have been affected by the poor demand for the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, which were launched in September 2015 as revives of the core devices launched one year before. With the drop in demand for new iPhones, which is expected to fall below the 200 million mark this year, more users are shifting to Android these days indicate new data provided by Kantar....