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smexadmin • 02 Aug 2018

Ministry of Information Application Threatens Citizens’ Privacy

Feature image via national news agency, June 2018: Minister of information Melham Riachy launching the Eye Police Application . Eye…

Citizens' Privacy
Eye Policy
Lebanon

smexadmin • 25 Apr 2018

Careem Reports that the Data of 14.5 Million Users Has Been Compromised

On Monday, Careem, the Dubai-based ride-hailing company operating in the MENA region, Turkey, and Pakistan, announced that it learned “online…

Careem
MENA region
Online Criminals

smexadmin • 14 Jan 2016

A New App Allows Posting Securely and Anonymously on Social Media

Feature image: Twitter users with the Chrome extension will be informed that a post is authenticated through a green frame…

Android
Applications
Personal Data

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