Morgan Stanley fines some employees $1M for WhatsApp, iMessage use
After being fined more than $200 million last year for similar violations, Morgan Stanley has begun penalising employees for using personal messaging apps for company business.
After being fined more than $200 million last year for similar violations, Morgan Stanley has begun penalising employees for using personal messaging apps for company business.
A database housing as many as 487 million WhatsApp users’ mobile numbers has been put up for sale on a hacking community forum.
Financial institutions are being hit with millions of dollars in fines from regulators concerned about the use of messaging apps.
WhatsApp, the popular messaging app for consumers, has also found its way into workplace communications because of of its ease of use.
With frontline workers more disconnected than ever from organisations, Workplace aims to bridge that divide with an upcoming WhatsApp integration.
WhatsApp said that a security breach on its messaging app had signs of coming from a government using surveillance technology developed by a private company and may have targeted human rights groups.
Facebook said it restored services on Sunday after some users could not access its social networking site, photo-sharing network Instagram and messaging app WhatsApp.
The consumer watchdog has commenced a public inquiry that will decide if MTAS declaration should be extended, changed or simply quashed.
Facebook announces a way to plug business tools into the social network’s office collaboration service, to catch up with competitors such as Slack and Microsoft.
French government building its own encrypted messenger service to ease fears that foreign entities could spy on private conversations between officials.
With WhatsApp Business, the company could be eyeing future collaboration efforts.
Facebook-owned WhatsApp has strengthened the encryption of its widely used instant messaging app, a development that in theory makes it harder for law enforcement to gain access to communications.
Android users have long been warned of the dangers of downloading applications for their devices through third party stores, some so bad that they 'root' the device - needing expert attention, or even worse, forcing users to replace their phones altogether.
Companies are wary about what employees are doing on their smartphones. Be it data loss or time-wasting, a growing number of employers are actively stopping staff from using certain apps on company-controlled devices.
There's never been anything quite like Facebook. As a company, Facebook specializes in collecting, hoarding, keeping and engaging users. As a social network, it dominates the market with the largest user base. Facebook has a monopoly as the social network of choice for friends and families.