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LinkedIn to get Banned in Russia for not Complying with Data Localization Law

The world’s largest online professional network LinkedIn could face a ban in Russia after the company has failed to comply with a Russian data localization law that compels companies to keep data on Russian users in their country.

If you are not aware, LinkedIn is the only major social network which is not banned in China, because the company agreed to cooperate with the Chinese government

How Your Computer Monitor Could Be Hacked To Spy On You

Just stop believing everything you see on your screen, as it turns out that even your computer monitor can be hacked.

You have seen hackers targeting your computer, smartphone, and tablet, but now, it has been proved that they can even compromise your monitor and turn them against by just changing the pixels displayed on the screen.

Although changing pixels is really hard and complicated, a

Telegram Hacked? Turn ON Important Security Settings to Secure your Private Chats

We have heard a lot about data breaches nowadays. And if you think that switching to an encrypted messaging service may secure you and your data, then you may be wrong.

No good deed today can help you protect yourself completely.

Reuters and several media outlets are reporting that the phone numbers of 15 Million users in Iran and more than a dozen accounts on the Telegram instant messaging

FBI 'Double Agent' Pleads Guilty to Selling 'Classified Information' to China

An FBI electronics technician has pleaded guilty to acting as a Chinese secret agent and passing along sensitive information about the Feds to a Chinese government official.

Kun Shan “Joey” Chun, 46, admitted in federal court in Manhattan on Monday that he violated his security clearance on several occasions between 2011 and 2016 in an effort to pass on secret information to China in exchange

Brazil Freezes $11.7 Million of Facebook Funds for Not Complying with Court Orders

Facebook’s legal war with Brazilian government seems to be never-ending.

Facebook-owned cross-platform messaging service WhatsApp has already been blocked a total of three times in Brazil since December for failing to comply with a court order asking the company to access WhatsApp data under criminal investigation.

But, now the Brazilian government has taken an even tougher step.
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Edward Snowden Designs an iPhone Case to Detect & Block Wireless Snooping

We just cannot imagine our lives without smartphones, even for a short while, and NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden had not owned a smartphone since 2013 when he began leaking NSA documents that exposed the government’s global surveillance program.

Snowden fears that cellular signals of the smartphone could be used to locate him, but now, to combat this, he has designed an iPhone case that