⌨️ See what JavaScript commands get injected through an in-app browser

Plus: How to Kill a Newspaper, Snap Scraps Development on Flying Selfie 'Pixy' Drone, and more…

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iOS Privacy: Announcing InAppBrowser.com - see what JavaScript commands get injected through an in-app browser. Last week I published a report on the risks of mobile apps using in-app browsers. Some apps, like Instagram and Facebook, inject JavaScript code into third party websites that cause potential security and privacy risks to the user. I was so happy… (Felix Krause)

Felix Krause @KrauseFx

🔥 New Post: Announcing InAppBrowser - see what JavaScript commands get injected through an in-app browser 👀 TikTok, when opening any website in their app, injects tracking code that can monitor all keystrokes, including passwords, and all taps. krausefx.com/blog/announcin…

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How to Kill a Newspaper. Here in Aspen, the air is thin, the snow is perfect, and money is everywhere. This is a singular American town in many respects. Among them is this: Aspen had, until very recently, two legitimate daily newspapers, The Aspen Times and the Aspen… (Andrew Travers / The Atlantic)

Andrew Travers @andrewhtravers

At the Aspen Times, I had a front row seat for corporate censors and thin-skinned billionaires stifling the free press. I wrote about it all for @TheAtlantic:

theatlantic.comHow to Kill a NewspaperHow a Soviet-born developer and a West Virginia billionaire destroyed a 141-year-old Colorado newspaper

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Snap Scraps Development on Flying Selfie 'Pixy' Drone. Snap Inc. is sunsetting future development of its Pixy flying selfie camera less than four months after launching the product publicly, according to people familiar with the matter, becoming the latest technology company to adjust product plans… (Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal)

Meghan Bobrowsky @MeghanBobrowsky

Scoop: Snap is scrapping development on its Pixy flying selfie camera project less than 4 months after launching it. Snap CEO Evan Spiegel shared the news in a regular companywide Q&A known as “Ask Evan” and said it’s part of broader reprioritization.

wsj.comWSJ News Exclusive | Snap Scraps Development on Flying Selfie Pixy DroneThe move comes after the company reported disappointing quarterly results and less than four months after the flying camera was launched.

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More content by people, for people in Search. Many of us have experienced the frustration of visiting a web page that seems like it has what we're looking for, but doesn't live up to our expectations. The content might not have the insights you want, or it may not even seem like it was created… (Danny Sullivan / blog.google)

Danny Sullivan @dannysullivan

Excited our "helpful content update" launches soon. Been watching team work hard on it, part of a broad continuing effort to bring more authentic info into Google Search. I'm on vacation this week but will try in few hours to answer questions I see, though our posts cover a lot.

Google SearchLiaison @searchliaison

Our “helpful content update” launching next week will better surface original, helpful content made by people, for people, rather than content made primarily to gain search traffic. It’s part of a broad effort to show more unique, authentic info in results https://t.co/LlCqoP4RPy

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Erik Prince wants to sell you a 'secure' smartphone that's too good to be true. Boasting falsely that Unplugged has built “the first operating system free of big tech monetization and analytics,” Prince bragged that the device is protected by “government-grade encryption.” Better yet, the pitch… (Patrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review)

Patrick Howell O'Neill @HowellONeill

I obtained the investor pitch deck Erik Prince used to raise €5 million for his Unplugged security phone. He describes the upcoming $850 phone as “impenetrable to interception and surveillance” thanks to “government-grade encryption.” Let’s go through it.

technologyreview.comErik Prince wants to sell you a “secure” smartphone that’s too good to be trueMIT Technology Review obtained Prince’s investor presentation for the “RedPill Phone,” which promises more than it could possibly deliver.

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