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Encrypt your family: How to send safer, smarter messages

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 6 Apr 2017 3:56 pm
I just wanted my family's messaging habits to be a little more secure. And the move was easier than I expected. Nothing scares a parent more than letting their kid roam free — even just a little bit — online. I'm under no illusions that my daughters won't run into something nefarious at some point, be it adult content, or a phishing scheme, or cyber-bullying. For the most part that's all...

Encrypted chat app Signal adds domain fronting to bypass censorship in the Middle East

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Posted by Harish Jonnalagadda on 22 Dec 2016 7:39 am
Encrypted chat app Signal
Signal is now routing its traffic through Google's CDNs. Open Whisper Systems — makers of the encrypted chat app Signal — found out that the Egyptian government had blocked access to the app earlier this week. The company has now rolled out an update to Signal that circumvents government censorship through a technique called domain fronting. Signal is now routing its traffic through Google's...

Verizon on Galaxy Nexus signal strength: It's not us, it's you

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 21 Dec 2011 5:42 pm
Verizon Galaxy Nexus signal strength
Update coming that will make signal appear to be better It's not every day that smartphone users want to be lied to. But in the case of signal strength, we'll apparently make an exception. Verizon has told Computer World that in the case of the Verizon Galaxy Nexus, the LTE signal is being received and reported accurately. Too accurately, actually. So accurately, in fact, that if you appear to...