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"Ah Sh*t, here we go again!" Yeah, we thought so too when we heard about the alleged hacking of personal data via WhatsApp, by Pegasus! I mean people are still crying over spilt milk of Cambridge Analytica breach of protocol and they're still lacking far behind in providing solid privacy? Answers? Zuckerberg! Via: Vanity Fair This time the whole fiasco has taken a top-notch as Governments are said to be involved in the 'Spying Debacle' The news came into light when WhatsApp, a messaging app owned by Facebook, announced that it is going to sue NSO, an Israeli company that is reportedly behind the technology that allowed hackers (that they claimed were aided by some government officials) to gain access to a WhatsApp user's phone simply by making a video call.  Point to be noted, EVEN IF YOU DO NOT PICK THE CALL, THEY CAN GAIN COMPLETE ACCESS TO IT BY MAKING A VIDEO CALL! Via: AndroidPIT Okay, this is now terrifying to a whole different leve...

Just seems like a bad dream for Mark Zuckerberg, but it’s not because it is the reality. Via: wordpress.com On Wednesday, Facebook reported its second-quarter earnings and the results, which were worse than expected, sent the company’s stock to a rapid decline, resulting in more than $100 billion off Facebook’s market value. A revenue of $13.23 billion and 1.47 billion daily active users has been reported by the social media company. Both numbers were just self-conscious by analyst expectations , which kept revenues at $ 13.36 billion and 1.49 billion daily active users. Despite the analysts’ predictions, Miss was not entirely unpredictable. Zuckerberg and other officials have been warning for months that the result of Facebook’s efforts to fix up News Feed for the promotion of “time well spent” and new GDPR rules , eventually resulted in lesser growth and fewer advertising dollars. Zuckerberg said, “As I’ve said on past calls, we’re investing so much in security t...