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Mastodon vs. Twitter: Know the differences

Mastodon vs. Twitter: Know the differences

Social Media

Mastodon vs. Twitter: Know the differences

Looking for an alternative to Twitter and thinking about joining the folks flocking to Mastodon? Here’s how the two platforms compare to each other.

André Lameiras25 Jan 2023


Social Media

A step-by-step guide to enjoying LinkedIn safely

A step-by-step guide to enjoying LinkedIn safely

Social Media

A step-by-step guide to enjoying LinkedIn safely

LinkedIn privacy settings are just as overwhelming as any other social media settings. There’s a lot of menus, a lot buttons to enable, select, accept or reject. To make sure you have control over your information we bring you a step-by-step guide on how to enjoy LinkedIn safely.

André Lameiras18 Aug 2022


Social Media

Social media in the workplace: Cybersecurity dos and don'ts for employees

Social media in the workplace: Cybersecurity dos and don'ts for employees

Social Media

Social media in the workplace: Cybersecurity dos and don'ts for employees

Do you often take to social media to broadcast details about your job, employer or coworkers? Think before you share – less may be more.

Amer Owaida17 Jan 2022


Social Media

WhatsApp announces end-to-end encrypted backups

WhatsApp announces end-to-end encrypted backups

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WhatsApp announces end-to-end encrypted backups

The Facebook-owned messaging service plans to roll out the feature to both iOS and Android users in the coming weeks.

Amer Owaida14 Sep 2021


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Twitter introduces new feature to automatically block abusive behavior

Twitter introduces new feature to automatically block abusive behavior

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Twitter introduces new feature to automatically block abusive behavior

Dubbed Safety Mode, the feature will temporarily block authors of offensive tweets from being able to contact or follow users.

Amer Owaida02 Sep 2021


Digital Security, Social Media

Most Twitter users haven’t enabled 2FA yet, report reveals

Most Twitter users haven’t enabled 2FA yet, report reveals

Digital Security, Social Media

Most Twitter users haven’t enabled 2FA yet, report reveals

Twitter’s transparency report revealed that users aren’t quick to adopt 2FA and once they do enable it, they choose the least secure option

Amer Owaida28 Jul 2021


Social Media

Twitter now lets users set security keys as the only 2FA method

Twitter now lets users set security keys as the only 2FA method

Social Media

Twitter now lets users set security keys as the only 2FA method

You can now secure your account with a physical security key as your sole 2FA method, without any additional 2FA option

Amer Owaida02 Jul 2021


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Data for 700 million LinkedIn users up for grabs on hacker forum

Data for 700 million LinkedIn users up for grabs on hacker forum

Social Media

Data for 700 million LinkedIn users up for grabs on hacker forum

Information scraped from LinkedIn user profiles includes full names, gender, email addresses and phone numbers

Amer Owaida29 Jun 2021


Social Media

WhatsApp will limit features for users who don't accept new data-sharing rules

WhatsApp will limit features for users who don't accept new data-sharing rules

Social Media

WhatsApp will limit features for users who don't accept new data-sharing rules

Your account won’t be deleted, but here's what you may want to be aware of if not even repeated reminders to accept the new policy do the trick

Amer Owaida11 May 2021