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Encrypted messaging platform Signal testing usernames for accounts

New Delhi: Encrypted messaging platform Signal is testing usernames for accounts so people don’t need to share their phone numbers to connect on the app. Signal VP of engineering Jim O’Leary said that it is no secret that we’ve been working on bringing usernames to Signal for a while now. “After rounds of internal testing, we have hit the point where we think the community that powers these forums can

Hyderabad terror plot: Handlers in Pakistan used encrypted apps?

Hyderabad: The Pakistan handlers of Abdul Zahed, who is arrested by the Hyderabad police for allegedly planning to target RSS/ BJP leaders in the city and crowded places in the city reportedly communicated with his handlers through encrypted mobile applications. Abdul Zahed, Mohd Sameeuddin alias Abdul Sami and Maaz Hassan Farooq were arrested by the Hyderabad police on October 2nd for allegedly planning to hurl hand grenades at crowded places