
2025-06-25 05:15:06
Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Kein WhatsApp mehr: US-Kongressmitarbeiter müssen den Messenger wechseln
Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Kein WhatsApp mehr: US-Kongressmitarbeiter müssen den Messenger wechseln
»Kein WhatsApp mehr–US-Kongressmitarbeiter müssen den Messenger wechseln:
Zu intransparent, zu wenig Verschlüsselung und unsicher - Das Urteil der Cybersecurity-Abteilung fällt hart aus. Jetzt gilt ein WhatsApp-Verbot für Mitarbeiter«
Ein weiterer Punkt um WhatsApp zu vermeiden, auch wenn mensch die USA kritisiert. Seit jahren kritisiere ich die WhatsApp Unsicherheit, da anhand deren gesammelten Metadaten sehr viel erläutern lässt.
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WhatsApp has become a kind of AI marketplace where chatbots like ChatGPT, Meta AI, and Perplexity jockey for users' attention (Pranav Dixit/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-ai-competition-whatsapp-chatbot-battlegro…
Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Kein WhatsApp mehr: US-Kongressmitarbeiter müssen den Messenger wechseln
Wie gehen wir mit der Informationsflut um? Wie steht es um den Lokaljournalismus im digitalen Zeitalter? Und warum ist digitale Achtsamkeit wichtiger denn je? Dazu ein Blick auf WhatsApp-Werbung, „Sovereign Cloud“ und kretische Kontraste. #Wochenschau
Check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--US House of Representatives bans WhatsApp on security grounds
--US Cybercom played a role in Iran attack,
--Crypto scam services return after Telegram beheading,
--NoName DDoS'ed Dutch cities ahead of NATO summit,
--REvil members released in Russia,
--Coinbase poseur stole millions from crypto holders,
--Critical infrastructure defense project …
Source: the US House's CAO informed congressional staffers that WhatsApp is now banned on their government devices as the app is deemed "a high-risk to users" (Andrew Solender/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/23/whatsapp-house-cong…
"The Office of Cybersecurity has deemed WhatsApp a high-risk to users due to the lack of transparency in how it protects user data, absence of stored data encryption, and potential security risks involved with its use."
This follows Iran's ban on WhatsApp.
https://www.axi…
WhatsApp geht da noch?!
Können wir das hier direkt auch noch verbieten? 🤓
https://social.heise.de/@heiseonline/114879521127171222
"Journalism screwed itself over by betting
on Meta and its profit-over-society peers.
Now, nobody trusts “the media” and
everyone is going bankrupt. The next bet
is on generative AI, with its inability to
distinguish truth from “hallucinations” –
fabrications that on the page become lies.
The Continent is an attempt to prove
journalism can be done differently.
Expect more of this in what our team
has decided to call our “serious era”.
We’re no longer a start-up. We’re going
to empower more people with quality
journalism. We’re going to help others
launch newspapers. We’re going to
stay sane. And we’re going to prove
that African excellence can set global
standards."
@… reaches 5 years and 200 issues. If you're not already receiving their copy via @… (or email, telegram or WhatsApp if you must) then it's really worth signing up to remind yourself just how big and diverse the world ist.
This weeks highlights are an extraordinary story about how Zanu-PF in Zimbabwe directly interfered with Mozambique's election. Plus a frankly beautiful photo piece on Addis Ababa
Ohhh, I just discovered that @… published a special edition with the collected entries of the “The Museum of Stolen History” series: https://www.thecontinent.org/archive
Oh WhatsApp now brings Ads to the stories... Too bad that still so many people in my social environment use it
https://www.theverge.com/news/687519/whatsapp-launch-advertising-status-updates
Meta has announced that it will begin rolling out advertising on messaging app WhatsApp that has long been touted as an ad-free experience.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/meta-introduces-ads-on-whatsapp-in-global-revenue-push
WhatsApp Tiplines and Multilingual Claims in the 2021 Indian Assembly Elections
Gautam Kishore Shahi, Scot A. Hale
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.16298 https:/…
New malware samples exfiltrate WhatsApp data to target Iran regime’s enemies https://therecord.media/malware-exfiltrates-whatsapp-iran-muddywater
This is obviously bad from #whatsapp, but also, the way the journalist describes what the chatbot does, as if it had intentions, is pretty bad too.
"It was the beginning of a bizarre exchange of the kind more and more people are having with AI systems, in which chatbots try to negotiate their way out of trouble, deflect attention from their mistakes and contradict themselve…
WhatsApp rolls out ads in its Updates tab, a first for the app, and will collect some data to target the ads, but says it has no plans to put ads in chats (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/technology/whatsapp-ads.html
Signal statt WhatsApp als Messenger? Europäische Cloud statt Hyperscaler? Bringt doch alles nix, sagen einige. Also einfach aufgeben? Klar, dann lassen wir Amazon, Meta, Microsoft & Co. halt auch noch unsere Demokratie outsourcen. Wer sich nicht wehrt, lebt schon im digitalen Feudalismus. Die letzte Chance, gegenzusteuern, ist jetzt - Thema der #Wochenschau
Werbung in Whatsapp: In der EU nicht vor 2026
WhatsApp-Nutzer in der EU werden Werbung in der Statusfunktion erstmal nicht zu Gesicht bekommen.
https://www.heise.de/news/Werbung-in-Wha…
The Irish Data Protection Commission says Meta told it that WhatsApp ads "won't be launching" in the EU "until 2026"; WhatsApp says ads are coming "gradually" (Ellen O'Regan/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/whatsapp-m
Familie war empört - WhatsApp-Nachricht ließ wohl Barca-Deal platzen! #News #Nachrichten
They get what they deserve. #Signal is waiting for you with open (source) arms. https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/digitales/meta-whatsapp-werbung-100.html
"Asked about Zuckerberg’s claim that the AI was “the most intelligent”, Gray said: “That has definitely been thrown into doubt in this instance.”"
But possibly (probably?) it is the most intelligent #AI - after all, "most" and "best" are relative terms. It doesn't mean it is good, or reliable, or dependable, or reproducible. Just not as bad as others.
And f…
"Asked about Zuckerberg’s claim that the AI was “the most intelligent”, Gray said: “That has definitely been thrown into doubt in this instance.”"
But possibly (probably?) it is the most intelligent #AI - after all, "most" and "best" are relative terms. It doesn't mean it is good, or reliable, or dependable, or reproducible. Just not as bad as others.
And f…
At the Montreal airport (YUL) heading to Calgary, Alberta, Canada, for the #Rotary global convention… and of course meeting MANY Rotarians in the gate area. People from all over the world, so my WhatsApp account is getting a lot of connections. 🙂 (where we don’t use WA as much in the USA)
Russia moves to restrict foreign messaging apps on Putin’s order: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/20/russia-moves-to-restrict-foreign.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/07/jack-dorsey-whatsapp-bluetooth.html
This is interesting, and I'm curious to see how he's going to fuck it up.
X and WhatsApp used for arms Trade by Houthi terrorists | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-861535
Take note: it works even when internet is blocked or unavailable.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/07/jack-dorsey-whatsapp-bluetooth.html
WhatsApp führt Werbung ein
In der Messenger-App WhatsApp soll künftig Werbung angezeigt werden. Die Chats selbst sollen davon aber nicht betroffen sein, beteuert das Unternehmen.
https://www.heise.de/ne…
WhatsApp rolls out ads in its Updates tab, a first for the app, and will collect some data to target the ads, but says it has no plans to put ads in chats (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/technology/whatsapp-ads.html
Hold on to your hats and check out today's Metacurity for a ton of major infosec developments you might have missed over the weekend, including
--SharePoint server software security flaw sparked global attacks,
--France probes Musk's X over fraudulent data extraction,
--UK backtracks on encryption backdoors,
--Microsoft to stop Chinese digital escorts,
--Russia is kicking WhatsApp out,
--419k impacted by Louis Vuitton Hong Kong breach,
--UNC38…
Odio tener que usar WhatsApp (por favor, usar @… ) pero tengo que hacerlo... ¿Alguien sabe cušl es el mejor software para hacer copia de seguridad de los chats sin usar Google Drive? #WhatsApp
WhatsApp is leaking to Meta and Telegram is leaking to Russia. Let’s meet on signal, k?
https://mastodon.derstandard.at/@web/114702149410538498
Nach vielen werbefreien Jahren macht WhatsApp eine Kehrtwende! 📱 Der beliebte Messenger wird künftig Werbung einblenden – allerdings nur im "Aktuelles"-Tab, der sowohl Kanäle als auch Status-Updates umfasst.
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-…
Finally deleted #WhatsApp yesterday. 🥳
I picked up my phone this morning and Screen Time reports that WhatsApp has been used for 27min.
I *did not* use the app.
This would imply that Screen Time reports background activities, right? Is that confirmed?
If that's confirmed, what is WhatApp doin? There has been some exchanges on the groups (say low tens of messages).
¿Qué pasó con el barco de ayuda para Gaza en el que iba Greta Thunberg?
"La embarcación, llamada Madleen, iba en una misión organizada por un grupo de activistas que se opone al bloqueo a Gaza"
https://www.
#LB Acabei de desabilitar o Gemini no meu celular seguindo esse tutorial aqui. Isso é suficiente ou vocês me recomendam mais alguma coisa?
https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota/114873867718552522…
#GoingDark und kein Ende. Die neueste Schnüffeloffensive der #EU-Kommission zeigt wieder einmal, dass es den vielberufenen Systemwettbewerb gar nicht gibt, denn eigentlich wollen alle chinesisch werden: Kapital und Kontrolle maximal glücklich zu verbinden, das ist doch fein.
A Russian lawmaker regulating IT warns WhatsApp to "prepare to leave the Russian market"; Moscow recently approved development of a state-backed messaging app (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/whatsapp-sho…
@cmccullough@discuss.systems Signal is centralized just the same as Whatsapp though. What's stopping them from enshittification too? They're already doing closed-source things.
Ladet euch jetzt Signal runter. Ihr findet mich unter gratian.37
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.securesms
iOS:
Schlau wäre auch, wenn Menschen über #Alternativen zu #WhatsApp nachdenken würden.
Für Gruppen wie Familien, Vereine, Schulklassen etc. ist das extrem einfach und sinnvoll.
Macht es jetzt, solange ihr das noch selbst steuern könnt.
WhatsApp moves to join Apple’s encryption fight with UK government https://therecord.media/whatsapp-uk-encryption-fight-apple
I always wonder what message it sends when countries turn to internet geo-blocks. It doesn't project confidence.
(Israel's "National Emergency Portal", for example, has been unavailable from non-IL IP ranges since 2021.)
https://www.theverge.com/politics/688875/i
Now that whatsapp is getting spam, how many of your friends and family will stop using it?
WhatsApp für das iPad erschienen
Jahrelang wurde die iPad-Variante von WhatsApp von Nutzern der App herbeigesehnt. Jetzt wurde von offizieller Seite die Veröffentlichung mitgeteilt.
https://www.he…
Sources and documents: India's CCI details alleged collusion among GroupM, Omnicom, and other major ad agencies to fix minimum ad commission rates via WhatsApp (Aditya Kalra/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa
Iemand nog een reden nodig om over te stappen naar Signal?
Bericht uit @…
https://signal.org/install/
#WhatsApp
a spam infected #enshitifcation POS.
Meta's WhatsApp Pay has struggled to gain traction in India in part due to regulators delaying its full launch as well as minimal product upgrades and marketing (Ananya Bhattacharya/Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2025/whatsapp-pay-download-india/
»Googles KI darf spionieren – Gemini erhält umfangreichen App-Zugriff:
Googles Gemini kann neuerdings auf Android-Geräten Whatsapp-Chats mitlesen. Wer das nicht möchte, muss viel tun.«
Wenn dies nicht noch eine Risikofaktor mehr in Unternehmen ergibt und die IT-Sicherheit Dienstleister evt. profitieren? Aber auch priv. ist die meines Erachtens bedänklich.
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Что нужно знать о порядочности Дурова:
Забанить канал координации кандидатов в России во время выборов — так точно, тов. майор! :blobcatsalute:
Забанить канал координации кандидатов в Румынии во время выборов — мы не позволим разрушать демократию. Твердо и четко! :blobancap:
https://t.me/durov_russia/34
Forbes article yesterday:
"Microsoft’s AI Starts Reading All Your WhatsApp, Signal Messages"
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/04/29/microsofts-ai-starts-secretly-copying-and-saving-your-…
¿Que probabilidades veis de cambiar a vuestra familia y amigos de #WhatsApp a otra aplicación como @… o @… ?
Web sites with a Facebook pixel were communicating with local native apps (Instagram, Facebook, maybe WhatsApp) to log (and attribute) incognito web browsing activity.
Write-up: https://localmess.github.io/
Story:
Loving Whatsapp request for your email "for extra security".
I'm sure it has nothing to do with them showing you ads based on your facebook/insta profiles, no no.
#KI bastelt Klone, Meta träumt vom Metaversum, und ein Fake-Profil verspricht Reichtum – der Haken: nur für den Betrüger! Vielleicht sollte ich einfach dem nächsten „Finanzexperten aus der WhatsApp-Gruppe“ vertrauen… Was kann da schon schiefgehen?
Meinung von Chris Stoecker: Instagram-Betrug: Doppelgänger als Werkzeug für Social-Media-Scams
#WhatsApp slidet jetzt in eure DMs. 🥴
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-10427116?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beit…
Acho esses exemplos legais para lembrar Šs pessoas que a #IA não tem consciência e por isso não sabe o que estš escrevendo. Uma IA meramente gera um texto com alta plausibilidade. Não é tão diferente assim do teclado do celular, tentando adivinhar a próxima palavra que vamos usar. É estatística, não raciocínio.
Isso também explica porque a IA é particularmente ruim com matemštica, que é uma š…
Meta macht ernst: #Werbung im #WhatsApp Status – allerdings (noch) nicht in Europa. Die DSGVO bremst den globalen Rollout. Nutzer in der EU können vorerst aufatmen, während anderswo schon Anzeigen zwischen Status-Updates flimmern. Jörg Schieb ordnet ein: Versprechen gebrochen, aber (noch) kein Werb…
Jack Dorsey shares TestFlight and GitHub links to his "weekend project", Bitchat, a decentralized P2P messaging iOS app that relies on Bluetooth mesh networks (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/07/jack-dorsey-whatsapp-bluetooth.html…
Что нужно знать о порядочности Дурова:
Забанить канал координации кандидатов в России во время выборов — так точно, тов. майор! :blobcatsalute:
Забанить канал координации кандидатов в Румынии во время выборов — мы не позволим разрушать демократию. Твердо и четко! :blobancap:
https://t.me/durov_russia/34
WhatsApp: Gerüchte über iPad-App im Anflug
Seit zwei Jahren ist die Tablet-Version des Kommunikationsdienstes in einer iPadOS-Betaphase. Tut sich nun endlich etwas? Frisches Kaffeesatzlesen.
https://www.
Malaysian home minister’s WhatsApp hacked, used to scam contacts https://therecord.media/malaysia-hack-scam-whatsapp-minister
Meta expands voice calls on WhatsApp to large businesses and explores AI-powered product recommendations for merchants' sites (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/meta-adds-busines…
As the week's cyber news continues to heat up, check out today's Metacurity before you fall behind on the critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Operation Deep Sentinel took down infamous darknet drug marketplace Archetyp Market,
--Minnesota political assassin used online data brokers to find victims,
--Scattered Spider's latest target is insurance sector,
--Thai cops arrest ransomware actors targeting China,
--$10m reward for Cybe…
WhatsApp launches optional Meta AI-generated summaries of unread messages in the US; Meta can't read the messages and summaries are hidden from other chat users (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/25/meta-is-adding-ai-power…
Will Cathcart says WhatsApp plans to support Apple in its legal case against the UK Home Office over weakening encryption, which may "set a dangerous precedent" (Zoe Kleinman/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgmjrn42wdwo
Spyware-Attacke gegen WhatsApp: NSO Group will neue Verhandlung
Zu 167 Millionen US-Dollar Strafzahlung verurteilt, stellt der Pegasus-Hersteller NSO Group einen Antrag auf Zurückweisung oder Neuanordnung des Verfahrens.
…
Nachrichtenquelle: Internet (inklusive Social Media, aber auch klassische Online-Angebote) liegt knapp vor dem Fernsehen als wichtigste Nachrichtenquelle (66 % vs. 61 %). Die wöchentliche Nutzung von Social Media für Nachrichten liegt bei 33 %. YouTube, WhatsApp, Facebook sind die meistgenutzten Social-Media-Kanäle für Nachrichten #Reuters Report
Apple is bringing polls to iMessage group chats and says Apple Intelligence will suggest polls based on a conversation's context (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/09/apple-is-bringing-polls-to-imessage/
Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Meta plant offenbar proaktive KI-Chatbots, die ungefragt Nutzer ansprechen