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These special phone and app features can help protect you from spyware

Apple, Meta, and Google offer special security modes that provide your devices more secure against targeted spyware attacks. Here are how those modes work, what they do, and how to switch them on.

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May 23, 2026 at 16:00 TechCrunch

These special phone and app features can help protect you from spyware

Apple, Meta, and Google offer special security modes that provide your devices more secure against targeted spyware attacks. Here are how...

May 23, 2026 at 14:10 SecurityLab

Удалил ключ — не значит заблокировал. Исследователи Aikido выяснили, что API-ключи Google продолжают работать до 23 минут после удаления

Почему после обычного отзыва доступа нельзя расслабляться ещё как минимум полчаса?

May 23, 2026 at 09:16 SecurityLab

Хакеры остались без премии. За год пользователи Apple сохранили два миллиарда долларов благодаря бдительности алгоритмов

Главная схватка развернулась не на экранах устройств, а в невидимой системе проверки.

May 22, 2026 at 21:42 Ars Technica

First-generation Chromecast users stressed by devices suddenly failing

Google tells Ars it fixed the first-gen Chromecast bug.

May 22, 2026 at 21:02 TechCrunch

Google goes for the glitter with disco-ball icons: ‘Are y’all sure you still want this?’

You can now disco ball-ify your entire Pixel home screen, says Google.

May 22, 2026 at 18:52 Hacker News

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Удалил ключ — не значит заблокировал. Исследователи Aikido выяснили, что API-ключи Google продолжают работать до 23 минут после удаления

Почему после обычного отзыва доступа нельзя расслабляться ещё как минимум полчаса?

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