The US government is advising Americans to use encrypted messaging apps like Signal due to a serious hack of US telecoms networks allowing eavesdropping on calls and texts. The FBI even endorsed encryption, highlighting the severity of the situation. The news also covers other topics including NASA's Parker Solar Probe's upcoming journey into the sun's atmosphere, the world's biggest iceberg breaking free, a tech journalist's review of smart glasses, and potential talks between Honda and Nissan for a merger.
The US government is urging Americans to use encrypted apps like Signal after hackers infiltrated telecoms networks. This and more in the final Bookmarks of 2024.Hackers infiltrated US telecommunications networks so deeply they’re eavesdropping on calls and texts – leading federal law enforcement authorities to declare SMS for authentication about as safe as a diary with a neon “READ ME” sign. The US government is urging Americans to use encrypted apps like Signal instead.
Will it melt near South Georgia or spark a thriving “iceberg ecosystem”? Read more onTech journalist Joanna Stern has been following the smart glasses revolution since the early days of Google Glass, but remained unconvinced of the practicality of wearing these on a day-to-day basis. That is until Meta’s Ray-Ban’s came along.
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