Amazon’s Echo speakers and voice assistant Alexa are most synonymous, obviously, with Amazon the online store, but we’re now seeing both offered in more and more places. One of the most surprising has been Microsoft, which seems to have acknowledged the shortcomings of its own assistant Cortana by cozying up with Alexa over the last few months in a number … Continue reading
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Earlier this year, Instagram launched a new feature that would allow users to download their data. Basically the idea behind this feature is that it lets users download all their data that they’ve published to Instagram, such as photos, videos, profile information, and more, where you can use that as a backup tool in case your account gets hacked or stolen.
However it seems that according to a report from The Information (paywall; via Engadget), there might be a security bug that could have potentially exposed users’ passwords. Apparently what happened is that when some users use the feature, the password to their accounts was sent in plaintext in the URL, which is a huge problem since hackers might be able to pick up on that.
However the good news is that according to Instagram, they told The Information that this flaw only impacted a small number of people, although this could still be a problem if those users used a shared computer in which the person using the computer after them could potentially retrieve said information.
If you did not receive any notification or message from Instagram, then it means that your account should be safe. However if you’d rather not take that risk, perhaps updating your passwords or enabling two-factor authentication might not be such a bad idea.
Security Flaw Discovered In Instagram’s ‘Download Your Data’ Tool , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Earlier this year, Instagram launched a new feature that would allow users to download their data. Basically the idea behind this feature is that it lets users download all their data that they’ve published to Instagram, such as photos, videos, profile information, and more, where you can use that as a backup tool in case your account gets hacked or stolen.
However it seems that according to a report from The Information (paywall; via Engadget), there might be a security bug that could have potentially exposed users’ passwords. Apparently what happened is that when some users use the feature, the password to their accounts was sent in plaintext in the URL, which is a huge problem since hackers might be able to pick up on that.
However the good news is that according to Instagram, they told The Information that this flaw only impacted a small number of people, although this could still be a problem if those users used a shared computer in which the person using the computer after them could potentially retrieve said information.
If you did not receive any notification or message from Instagram, then it means that your account should be safe. However if you’d rather not take that risk, perhaps updating your passwords or enabling two-factor authentication might not be such a bad idea.
Security Flaw Discovered In Instagram’s ‘Download Your Data’ Tool , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
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Earlier this year, Instagram launched a new feature that would allow users to download their data. Basically the idea behind this feature is that it lets users download all their data that they’ve published to Instagram, such as photos, videos, profile information, and more, where you can use that as a backup tool in case your account gets hacked or stolen.
However it seems that according to a report from The Information (paywall; via Engadget), there might be a security bug that could have potentially exposed users’ passwords. Apparently what happened is that when some users use the feature, the password to their accounts was sent in plaintext in the URL, which is a huge problem since hackers might be able to pick up on that.
However the good news is that according to Instagram, they told The Information that this flaw only impacted a small number of people, although this could still be a problem if those users used a shared computer in which the person using the computer after them could potentially retrieve said information.
If you did not receive any notification or message from Instagram, then it means that your account should be safe. However if you’d rather not take that risk, perhaps updating your passwords or enabling two-factor authentication might not be such a bad idea.
Security Flaw Discovered In Instagram’s ‘Download Your Data’ Tool , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Earlier this year, Instagram launched a new feature that would allow users to download their data. Basically the idea behind this feature is that it lets users download all their data that they’ve published to Instagram, such as photos, videos, profile information, and more, where you can use that as a backup tool in case your account gets hacked or stolen.
However it seems that according to a report from The Information (paywall; via Engadget), there might be a security bug that could have potentially exposed users’ passwords. Apparently what happened is that when some users use the feature, the password to their accounts was sent in plaintext in the URL, which is a huge problem since hackers might be able to pick up on that.
However the good news is that according to Instagram, they told The Information that this flaw only impacted a small number of people, although this could still be a problem if those users used a shared computer in which the person using the computer after them could potentially retrieve said information.
If you did not receive any notification or message from Instagram, then it means that your account should be safe. However if you’d rather not take that risk, perhaps updating your passwords or enabling two-factor authentication might not be such a bad idea.
Security Flaw Discovered In Instagram’s ‘Download Your Data’ Tool , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Amazon’s Alexa can already do certain tasks by itself, but at the same time it acts as a medium between other smart/connected devices as well where users can use Alexa to turn said devices on/off. However what if a device is in low-power mode and you want to wake it up using Alexa? The good news is that Amazon has a solution for that.
The company has recently announced what they are calling a wake-on-LAN controller which according to Amazon, “enables customers to use Alexa to power on smart devices which have gone into a low power mode and cannot be woken up via the cloud.” This means that if a device is in low-power mode and you want to turn it on, just speak the command as per usual and it should wake it up.
However the catch is that companies will need to implement support for the protocol into their devices, which thankfully comes as a software update so no hardware changes are necessary. Of course whether or not companies actually do implement it is a different question, but in the meantime Amazon has confirmed that companies such as VIZIO, LG, and Hisense will be introducing these features to its TVs in an update that will be rolled out in the coming months, and we expect that more companies should hop on board the feature in the future.
Alexa Can Soon Be Used To Turn On Devices In Low-Power Mode , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
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