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Yes, it’s crazy to have TikTok on official phones. But it’s not good for any of us | John Naughton

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Fears for data security lie behind recent government bans on the Chinese-owned app, but zombie scrolling has health dangers too As of this moment, government officials in 11 countries are forbidden to run TikTok on their government-issued phones. The countries include the US, Canada, Denmark, Belgium, the UK, New …

We can make our phones harder to hack but complete security is a pipe dream | John Naughton

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Even the latest iPhone scare won’t persuade us to choose safety over convenience Apple caused a stir a few weeks ago when it announced that the forthcoming update of its mobile and laptop operating systems would contain an optional high-security mode that would provide users with an unprecedented …

How cut-and-pasted programming is putting the internet and society at risk | John Naughton

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A vulnerability has been exposed in Minecraft, the bestselling video game of all time – and the security implications outside the world of gaming are vast In one of those delicious coincidences that warm the cockles of every tech columnist’s heart, in the same week that the entire internet …