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Dropbox users on GNU/Linux distributions were first surprised when an eerie notification popped up on their screen. A thread was opened on Dropbox forums [https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Syncing-and-uploads/Dropbox-client-warns-me-that-it-ll-stop-syncing-in-Nov-why/td-p/290058] , reporting: > These days, I found my Dropbox Linux desktop client always report the following warning:
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DtDNS was originally founded to provide services to the users left stranded by the original dyndns service's disappearance, ml.org. But the company announced its coming shut down on August 1, 2018, after over 18 years of service. Among the reasons invoked, the difficulty to maintain a free
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Plex announced the implementation of an often-asked feature: podcasts. If you don't know what Plex is, you're missing out. Plex is the combination of a Plex Media Server and players that are compatible with the devices you already have. Be it your Android or iOS phone/
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The Wi-Fi Alliance consortium has launched a new protocol that allows manufacturers to develop devices that are compatible with those of other companies: EasyMesh What Wi-Fi Mesh means, is a wireless network formed by routers that transmit the signal to each other. It is an easy to use and safe
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Earlier today, a group of European researchers from Münster University, Ruhr-University, and KU Leuven University released a warning on Twitter: > We'll publish critical vulnerabilities in PGP/GPG and S/MIME email encryption on 2018-05-15 07:00 UTC. They might reveal the plaintext of encrypted emails, including encrypted
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Telegram is deploying proxies across various cloud providers to allow users of the secure messenger app to continue chatting privately, bypassing the block on Telegram's own network. Russia asked Google and Apple to remove Telegram from their stores [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-telegram-stores/russia-asks-google-and-apple-to-remove-telegram-from-stores-ifax-idUSKBN1HO0ZX] , the Interfax news
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Numerous users reported on VestaCP forums [https://forum.vestacp.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=16556] that their servers had been compromised. If you have Vesta Control Panel installed on your server, the Vesta CP teams recommends shutting down [https://forum.vestacp.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=
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8tracks internet radio and playlist service has been hit by an attack where over 18 million accounts' email and passwords have been stolen. Only users who signed up with their email as a mode of login have their password in the database. If you signed up to 8tracks via
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New year, new secure backup software version. US-based SpiderOak has released a new iteration of their encrypted backup and sync software for both desktop and mobile devices. Are the changes enough to make you switch? SpiderOak Version 7.0 introduces both aesthetic changes and under-the-hood improvements. Complete interface overhaul SpiderOak
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Malwarebytes Anti-Malware's users, or MBAM for short, have been victim of a defective update. Numerous users noticed the RAM usage of the antimalware process (mbamservice.exe) shooting up and its CPU usage spiking up to 90%, making their computers so sluggish that any productive use was impossible. >
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DuckDuckGo, the privacy-centric search engine, launched today a new foray into the privacy arena, aiming to protect you beyond your search queries. The new version of the DDG mobile app is much more than a simple wrapper for the search website. A privacy browser on mobile The mobile app works
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Earlier today reports from panicked Google Docs users poured out on Twitter: people were getting locked out of documents they were writing. It started with National Geographic's wildlife-crime writer Rachael Bale who asked on Twitter if anyone else had experienced a Google Docs lockout before. > Has anyone