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Why Is Your WhatsApp Account Being Banned?
The last weeks have witnessed an increase in reported cases of people losing access to their WhatsApp accounts. At first…
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A New (Non-)Privacy Policy from WhatsApp? [A comparison between messaging applications]
Tech and media companies are exploiting free, popular apps to increase their access to personal data; and WhatsApp has just…
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How Israeli Company NSO Hacked My Phone
Almost a year ago, on October 29, I received a WhatsApp notification informing me that Israeli spyware Pegasus had hacked…
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One Year After October 17 Uprising in Lebanon: Summons and Arrests for Online Speech Increase
One Year Since the October 17 Uprising in Lebanon: Summons and Arrests for Online Speech It’s been one year since…
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A Few Tips to Detect Phishing Links
Over the past year, we have witnessed an increase in the number of phishing campaigns in Lebanon and amongst the…