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When your AI reads someone else's messages too - opinion

You gave AI permission to read your texts. Nobody asked the person on the other end

AI is reshaping the digital world, raising questions about who owns and controls our personal data.
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Wave of WhatsApp suspensions sweeps across Israel, raising concerns of blocked accounts

 A kid plays on a phone.

Israel's Attention Revolution fights child smartphone addiction, spreading nationwide

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Police officer indicted after allegations of using confidential databases to harass, extort women


WhatsApp says Russia tried to fully block service to push state app

Russia began limiting calls on messaging platforms last year, accusing them of refusing to share information with law enforcement.

Teenagers pose for a photo while holding smartphones in front of a Whatsapp logo in this illustration taken September 11, 2025.

Protecting journalists and public figures: WhatsApp launches new update

Aiming to tackle cyberattacks, WhatsApp joins Google and Apple by introducing an option to secure accounts more strongly. The feature will be available to all users in the coming weeks.

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AI personal assistant takes the world by storm: “Now I feel like I’m living in the future”

The AI-based personal assistant Clawdbot has gone viral for its powerful features, but experts warn it raises serious security risks due to access to private data and personal accounts.

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More than half of online abuse reports now come from child victims themselves, Israel finds

Online abuse reports in Israel jumped 71 percent in 2025, with children now submitting the majority of complaints directly to authorities.

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The Yasmin Lukatz Project and the Rehabilitation Fund of the Kibbutz Movement

Code for Israel and the Rehabilitation Fund of the Kibbutz Movement introduced a technological solution to strengthen and grow kibbutz communities after the war.

Yasmin Lukatz, founder of Code for Israel

Who’s who in the group? WhatsApp allows adding personal tags next to names

The new feature, now available to iPhone users and on its way to all users, allows adding a text label next to names in groups.

The new feature allows each group participant to add a short “tag”.

Key barrier to online fraud can be bypassed for pennies, say researchers

Throwaway phone numbers offer a cheap way to bypass authentication text defenses.

 Cyber attacks spiked in 2021

IDF security crackdown can’t fix Israel’s WhatsApp addiction

In Israel 2025, you don't need advanced military systems to gather intelligence, you just need to be in the right WhatsApp group.

 Many people have joined WhatsApp groups that have members of not-for-profits, mothers seeking supplies for their children’s platoons, vendors who can supply goods, and apparently one or more Iranian spies.

Authorities charge two French teens for planning ISIS-linked antisemitic terror attack - report

French authorities charged two teens with an ISIS-inspired terror conspiracy after finding messages suggesting a planned antisemitic attack.

 Illustrative: A police officer waits outside the courtroom at the courthouse in Paris, March 31, 2025.

Russia threatens full ban on WhatsApp

In August, Russia began limiting some calls on WhatsApp, accusing the foreign-owned platforms of refusing to share information with law enforcement in fraud and terrorism cases.

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council via a video link in Moscow, Russia November 14, 2025