Android: a security vulnerability allows to spy on you since 2013

Android is the victim of a serious security breach. With this breach, an attacker can easily install malware on your smartphone to collect your personal data, including your browsing history. All versions of Android, from Kit Kat (released in 2013), are affected.

    
 "A flaw allows attackers to access sensitive information from all Android devices, including web browser history, messages and banking application data," said Sergey Toshin, cybersecurity researcher at Positive Technologies. Only users of a web browser that uses the Chromium rendering engine, such as Chrome or Samsung Internet, are affected.
 

A serious security vulnerability has been identified on Android: Google deploys a patch

According to the researcher, the flaw is in the WebView component, which is preinstalled on your smartphone. It is basically used for displaying web pages in Android apps. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker can easily hide malware or malicious applications in your device. "The WebView component is used in most Android applications, making these attacks extremely dangerous," says the expert.

 Once this is done, the hacker will be able to siphon "information from WebView from other applications", which includes the history of your web browser or your login credentials online, Facebook or Twitter for example. According to Sergey Toshin, there is no evidence that the flaw was used by a pirate to launch an attack.

Fortunately, Google has fixed the flaw with the release of Chrome 72 last January. "Since Android 7.0, WebView is implemented via Google Chrome and, therefore, updating the browser is enough to correct the problem," says the researcher. We invite you to update your browser without further hearing. For users of an earlier version of Android Nougat, update WebView without delay by going to the Google Play Store.

Google Assistant is now 10 times faster, Google announced

Google Assistant is now 10 times faster, Google ad at the Google I / O 2019 conference. To boost its voice assistant, the firm decided to manage requests directly on the smartphone rather than in the cloud via servers. This new version will be deployed during the end of 2019 with the Pixel 4.

 

Google took advantage of Google I / O 2019 to unveil a new version of Google Assistant. This time, the voice assistant is directly integrated with your Android smartphone. It is therefore possible to communicate with him even if you do not have an internet connection. Google says that the intelligent assistant only weighs 500 MB despite all its new features, against 100 GB at the beginning of development. The firm therefore announces that it has made an effort to reduce the weight of the assistant.

Google launches a new version of Google Assistant: the wizard is faster than ever

"The next-generation Google Assistant can understand and process your requests up to 10 times faster, making it easier than ever to use your smartphone, multitasking, and even writing emails," says Mountain View firm on his Twitter account.

As we saw in the Google demo, orders are now linked much faster. Similarly, it is no longer necessary to restart the wizard with the Ok Google command. Currently, the wizard, even on Google Home speakers, can not yet switch from one query to another unless it is an action in the same context. It is for example possible to start a music and to lower the sound but not to launch a title and to set a timer in stride.

Unsurprisingly, this new version of Google Assistant will enter the end of 2019 with future Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL. What do you think of this conference? Did this new Google Assistant seduce you? We are waiting for your opinion.

Running on-device and coming to new Pixel phones later this year, the next generation Google Assistant can understand and process your requests up to 10 times faster, making operating your phone, multi-tasking and even composing email easier than ever. #io19 pic.twitter.com/iNPpOvwDM2

— Google (@Google) May 7, 2019

How to activate Binary Authentication in all your accounts on the social networks

Binary authentication is an additional layer of security for your account, as the basic is the password and additional code is a link to your phone so you will need an additional step to enter the schedule of the social network, as the use of it will prevent anyone from entering Your account even if you know the password especially because this code reaches your phone number through a text message and to enter your account your phone must be in his hands, so this feature is very important.

 Here are the steps to activate in each social network:
⦁ SnapChat
To activate this feature, click on the application logo at the bottom of the screen and then click Settings, then check for Login Login and choose Continue. You can then send an icon to your phone or verify through the authentication application If you select the application, you must set a code and save it to enter it earlier.

 

⦁ Facebook

Is one of the most popular social networks. Simply click on the drop down menu in the top right corner by clicking Settings, then go to the Security tab, log in and go down to see the binary authentication feature and press the edit button If you do not add your available number in your country, you must do so. If you have a number, click on the Enable this feature option and at the end select Add your phone number or Security key code generator according to what you want.

⦁ Twitter
Is a small blog network which is a second network for Facebook through browsing and Twitter offers you a security procedure like the other networks and to activate this feature enter the settings and then scroll to the Security section, and click on the check box for login requests and if you did not do so Before that you will need to enter your phone number and you will receive a code in a text message in order to activate this feature.

⦁ Instagram
It is not less important than the rest of the social networks and the instagram is full of attacks and therefore the activation of the binary authentication by clicking on the profile icon and then press the menu button in the three vertical points, and then scroll down and you will see authentication through two methods, Switch to activate it and enter your phone number and you will receive activation code.

 

 
⦁ Google

 Google always reminds you of this feature and if you want to do so click on the profile picture by going to your account tab and then clicking on the login option to Google, search for the binary authentication option and you will find two options the first is pressing the option to stop and then on Start and enter your password and then click on the Try Now option located in the lower right corner in the blue box, and you will be prompted to ask if you want to log in. Click yes and you will be sent a code or press the Send button and enter The code that came to you and after the completion you will be able to activate the Safety Gaza with ease and success.

 

Finally, you must now secure your account by following all the steps above so that your accounts are not stolen easily, even if your password is easy or difficult to hack as the binary authentication feature will prevent this.

With this plugin you will hide and prevent the appearance of anything you do not want on YouTube, Facebook and several sites

Some basic platforms such as Reddit, YouTube and Twitter help us learn exciting news, connect with our friends, and learn new things. The problem is that they also managed to distract us and steal a lot of our time.
As its name suggests, UnDistracted is an addition to Google Chrome that will become an assistant to control the time spent daily in sites that consume a lot of time.



 Developers of this extension claim to have identified parts of each of these sites that call our attention and recommend unlimited content throughout the day. So by installing the extension we can hide these sections or even block access to these sites by blocking them.

The settings for this extension will be synced to your Google Account, so we can install on multiple computers and enjoy the same experience. You will find the add-on icon at the top of the browser so that you specify the location you want and activate what you do not want to see in any of these sites

For example, if we take a YouTube, we can prevent comments from appearing in any video we see, or prevent the sidebar that we recommend to other videos from being viewed, and even ban YouTube and others.

Add link: UnDistracted

Game of Thrones season 8: episode 3 generated 7.8 million tweets in 24h, a new record

Season 8 of Game of Thrones sets records! According to Twitter, episode 3 generated up to 7.8 million tweets within 24 hours after it was released. The series thus beats its own record, previously held by the first episode of this season.



"This night's Game of Thrones episode is the most tweeted in television history with nearly 8 million tweets," says Twitter, relaying a Variety article on the subject. The episode has therefore collected more tweets than any other television show in history, says the magazine. Among these posts, there are many criticisms about the realization of the episode. Some viewers have indeed found that "The Battle of Winterfell" lacked a little readability and clarity.

Game of Thrones season 8: the episode beats a record of tweets and dethrones episode 1

In the year 2019, Game of Thrones has already been the subject of 52 million tweets, which is huge. Among the most talked about characters on Twitter, we find of course Arya, the King of the Night, Bran, Jon Snow and Cersei. As a reminder, episode 3 of Game of Thrones season 8 already beat the record of the biggest battle scene in the history of TV.

Episode 3 thus largely destroys the first episode of this season 8. In the 24 hours after its broadcast on April 14, 2019, it had generated more than 5 million tweets. Will the series beat its new record in the coming weeks? For the record, episode 4 will be broadcast by HBO on May 19 and will last up to 78 minutes, 11 minutes more than the previous episode.


This is not the first time that the series inspired by the work of George R. R. Martin unleashes the passions on Twitter. In 2017, Game of Thrones was voted the most tweeted series of the social network, just ahead of Stranger Things and far ahead of The Walking Dead.

We're breaking records over here!

Last night's episode of @GameOfThrones was the most Tweeted about episode of scripted television EVER with nearly 8 MILLION Tweets. 🐉📺 https://t.co/D5IVk8R9LX

— Twitter Comms (@TwitterComms) April 29, 2019

This impressive new site is coloring your old photos that are black and white

There's a Twitter bot that helps to make your old color photos talked about in several media outlets yesterday, but today we'll analyze a free tool that can deliver really amazing results, allowing you to automatically color your old black and white photos without any interference from you.

 

 Although on the ColoriseSG website of the tool on the Internet we can read that this tool is "a specific model of the old pictures of Singapore," but the fact is that I tried with some old images and works well.
 
It is very easy to use this site, where we will simply click on the red button called "Try Yourself" and choose the black and white image you want to color it.

 

 Once the image is loaded, we will see a line that we can move to verify before and after. Below we will find a button to download the color image to our device.
Those who are concerned about their privacy should know that ColoriseSG does not store the images we paint.
 
 Link: ColouriseSG

A Website to convert your Instagram, Twitter and Facebook into QR code

Companies and people are often registered in many social networks and maintain activity in each, but getting followers in all their accounts at a similar pace is complicated. One interesting option is sharing all their social networks at the same time as anyone. In this post, we'll learn how to create a QR code that lets you access all your social accounts on Twitter, Facebook, Someone to access all these accounts for you at once.



With the QR Code Generator, if you register we will have access to the QR Code Creation application to access all your social networking accounts.
After registration, we choose "Social Media", then click "Next" and we will have to choose the color, the logo decoration, and we will have to put the URL of all our personal accounts on the social networks. We can click Add more to add other social networks.

 

 In the end, we will choose the appearance of the QR code and even the text, and we can change the color. In addition to downloading the PNG code to share it anywhere, we can see statistics, for example, how many times the QR code we created was erased.

 

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Twitter will soon hide responses to tweets

Twitter will deploy in the coming weeks a feature to hide responses to tweets, failing to delete them. So far, users have very little control over responses to messages posted on the social network. A user can only report unwanted messages and hope for a removal by the moderation team of the social network.

 

 

 

Twitter continues its efforts to fight against the contents moved. It is often criticized for being fertile ground for the proliferation of insulting, offensive or discriminatory messages. In a post posted on his blog, the social network confirms a feature that will allow users to hide the desired responses to tweets they consider as inappropriate.

 

Twitter: soon an option to hide tweets

The feature was announced in early March by one of Twitter's employees. We now know that it will be available from June. Tests will be done beforehand. The social network will then decide whether or not to proceed with a general deployment, based on feedback. The feature in question will allow users to hide responses to a tweet, failing to be able to delete them as on Facebook, which also offers the two options (hide or delete a comment).

This feature is a double-edged sword, because if it is useful for fighting harassment, insults and other forms of misplaced publications, it could just as easily be abused. For example, to hide relevant answers in public opinion debates because the author of the main tweet has arbitrarily judged the disturbing nature of certain messages.

Finally, Twitter has also exposed its efforts to clean up the social network. It claims to have deleted 100,000 accounts created by users already suspended between January and March 2019. The responsiveness of moderators has been improved, there are 3 times more abusive accounts suspended in less than 24 hours, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GAFAM tax: the National Assembly said "yes" ... and now?

The GAFAM tax was voted Monday, April 8, 2019 by the National Assembly. This tax defended by Bruno Le Maire is expected to bring 400 million dollars in the state coffers in 2019. It will not apply only to US companies - thirty French companies are also concerned. France now hopes to convince other countries to follow in this direction. Washington, for its part, disapproves.

 

It is in a quasi-deserted National Assembly that the new tax on the digital world giants was adopted by 55 votes to 4, with 5 abstentions. The text introduces what some people call "GAFAM tax" in reference to the giants of the American net (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft). It will not affect only American companies: thirty French companies, including Criteo, will also have to check out. This 3% tax targets companies whose revenues generated by their digital activities exceed 750 million dollars worldwide and 25 million euros in France.
 

The GAFAM tax has been adopted by the National Assembly

Bruno Le Maire, who has been defending this tax for several months, explains in the columns of 20 minutes that this result "is not unanimity, but it is not far". And think that "a lot of countries will follow". Because this is the whole issue of this tax that can really be effective in the long term if other countries decide to apply it. In addition, one of the criticisms of this tax is that it can potentially impact French companies. Others believe that it is symbolic, generating too little revenue - it should bring 400 million dollars in 2019. Or puts France in a position in which she goes it alone.

But as the Figaro recalls, this tax is precisely supposed to remedy, at least temporarily, the lack of coordinated taxation of digital giants in Europe and within OECD countries. The giants of the net manage to optimize their tax payments by minimizing their presence in the countries in which they operate, then by collecting most of the value via tax havens - or countries like the Ireland, whose tax services are very accommodating with these companies.

Remains to convince the France Partners

To prevent it, Bruno Le Maire tried to convince his European partners to apply this tax on the whole territory of the regional group. And also tries to convince the partners of France members of the OECD. But in Europe four European countries - Ireland, Sweden, Denmark and Finland - still block the tax in the European Union. The rule being that of unanimity, to introduce this tax everywhere in the European Union is thus, for the moment, impossible.

But Bruno Le Maire does not disarm. As people are read on the site of Europe 1, he hopes to gradually rally "all developed countries". For this he seeks a common position to defend before the OECD. It also works in the Council of Ministers of the EU to replace the rule of unanimity with a rule of qualified majority for all questions of a fiscal nature. Which would have allowed, if it were already the case, to pass the text.

In France, the new tax - which is part of a longer text, all of whose provisions have not yet been adopted - should apply, we told you this year. The United States reacted the day before the vote to emphasize that the tax was "extremely discriminatory against US-based multinationals," as BFM Business reports. After threatening France with reprisals. Washington is now considering entering the WTO.

Nintendo Switch Labo VR: first images of Super Mario Odyssey in virtual reality

Nintendo has just unveiled a preview of Super Mario Odyssey in virtual reality on the Switch. Through the Nintendo Labo VR Kit, you will be able to live adventures and take up a handful of challenges in Mario's shoes. In the process, the Japanese brand tells us more about the game mode of the DLC.

 

On his Twitter account, Nintendo has posted several screenshots of the gig and mini-missions of the kingdoms of the hat, the sea and the kitchen in Super Mario Odyssey in virtual reality on the Switch. Completely free, the DLC will be available for download on April 25, 2019.
 

Switch Labo VR: Nintendo Unveils Super Mario Odyssey Content in Virtual Reality

In a series of tweets, Nintendo details the content of the missions that will be proposed in this DLC dedicated to the virtual reality headset Labo VR. The action is taking place in 3 different countries. In each country, a mission will be playable.

In each level, Mario will have to collect music notes scattered throughout the country. Once these notes of music are recovered everywhere, the player will get various instruments, such as a microphone, a piano, or a trumpet. By handing the instrument to a musician, Mario will integrate a group and will perform in concert at « the concert hall of City of the City! Nintendo says. Once done, the DLC is complete.


As a reminder, the Nintendo Labo VR headset will be available from April 12, 2019. In addition to Super Mario, Nintendo will also offer a DLC virtual reality Zelda Breath of The Wild. The game will also land on April 25, 2019 download. What do you think of this VR DLC? What do you expect from Nintendo in the field of virtual reality?

 

 

遊びの舞台は「帽子の国」「海の国」「料理の国」。各国に散らばっている音符を集めると、さまざまな楽器を手に入れることができます。そして…手に入れた楽器を演奏者に渡すとライブの楽団員になってくれるんです。ドレッシーナ人の素敵な歌声も聴けちゃいますよ。 pic.twitter.com/Ob3ii0KRl7

— スーパーマリオ オデッセイ (@mario_odysseyJP) April 9, 2019