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| | | Google Brings Gmail Confidential Mode to G Suite Enterprise Users With Beta Program | | 9to5Google | A confidential mode that allows senders to add an expiration date and limit sharing launched for consumers last year, and it is now coming to enterprise G Suite users via a beta program. | | Facebook Messenger Bug Lets Other People See Who You'd Been Talking To | | Engadget | In November, researchers discovered a Facebook bug that allowed websites to extract data from users' profiles thanks to a security flaw relating to cross-site frame leakage (CSFL). The same team has revealed a now-patched vulnerability that would let websites expose who you've been chatting to in Facebook Messenger. | | WebAuthn: What You Need to Know About the Future of the Passwordless Web | | PCWorld | WebAuthn is a new way of logging into websites that may finally free you from remembering passwords. Instead, you’ll use you: your fingerprint or face, or a hardware token. The WebAuthn API is now an official standard, ratified by the World Wide Web Consortium (or W3C) on Monday. Fortunately, it’s already been built into many popular browsers as well as Windows 10. Now it’s up to the web itself to incorporate it. Here’s how it will work. | | Shouting "OK Google" at Your Phone Won't Unlock it Anymore | | Android Police | This feature is useful at times, but it can also expose your personal data when you try to interact with Assistant. To prevent this from happening, Google has updated its application so it opens up a specific lock screen mode instead of granting full access to the device. |
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| | | How to Save a Conference Call (and Access Code) as a Contact | | How-To Geek | Dialing a conference call doesn’t have to be a tedious process. Your iPhone or Android phone can automatically dial into the call and enter a confirmation code for you. You just have to create a special type of contact. | | How to Record a Video of Your Chrome Browser | | How-To Geek | Taking screenshots is simple, but recording a video of Chrome or another application you’re using can be more complicated. Here’s what to do instead of pointing your phone at your monitor. |
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| | | Keep Data Secure With Gmail Confidential Mode (beta) | | G Suite Updates | Google is opening a beta program for Gmail confidential mode. With confidential mode, it’s easier to protect sensitive content in your emails by creating expiration dates or revoking previously sent messages, and removing options for recipients to forward, copy, print, and download. | | Use Vault for Gmail Confidential Messages and Jamboard Files | | G Suite Updates | Google Vault is adding support for two new types of content: Gmail confidential mode emails and Jamboard files stored in Google Drive. |
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