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  2. QR code - Wikipedia

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    The QR code system was invented in 1994, at the Denso Wave automotive products company, in Japan. [5] [6] [7] The initial alternating-square design presented by the team of researchers, headed by Masahiro Hara, was influenced by the black counters and the white counters played on a Go board; [8] the pattern of position detection was found and determined by applying the least-used ratio (1:1:3 ...

  3. WhatsApp - Wikipedia

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    WhatsApp Web's user interface is based on the default Android one and can be accessed through web.whatsapp.com. Access is granted after the users scan their personal QR code through their mobile WhatsApp application. There are similar solutions for macOS, such as the open-source ChitChat, previously known as WhatsMac. [193] [194] [195]

  4. Reception and criticism of WhatsApp security and privacy ...

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    WhatsApp also uses artificial intelligence systems to scan unencrypted data collected from users (profile image and status; phone number, IMEI and OS; names and images of the user's WhatsApp groups; a list of the user's electronic devices [clarification needed]; any Facebook or Instagram accounts) and compares it against suspicious patterns or ...

  5. Add or disable 2-step verification for extra security - AOL Help

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    1-800-358-4860. Get live expert help with your AOL needs—from email and passwords, technical questions, mobile email and more. Add or disable 2-step verification for extra security. Add an extra security step to sign into your account with 2-step verification. Find out how to turn on 2-step verification and receive a verification code, and ...

  6. Unified Payments Interface - Wikipedia

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    It can scan QR code without the need of an internet connection. In phase 1, UPI Lite will process the debit transaction offline while the credit will happen when the device goes online. But the final goal is to achieve both credit and debit transaction through offline mode. The upper limit of UPI Lite On-Device wallet is ₹2,000.

  7. Signal Protocol - Wikipedia

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    signal.org /docs. The Signal Protocol (formerly known as the TextSecure Protocol) is a non- federated cryptographic protocol that provides end-to-end encryption for voice and instant messaging conversations. [2] The protocol was developed by Open Whisper Systems in 2013 [2] and was introduced in the open-source TextSecure app, which later ...

  8. Timeline of WhatsApp - Wikipedia

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    The WhatsApp support staff announce that messages were encrypted in the "latest version" of the WhatsApp software for iOS and Android (but not BlackBerry, Windows Phone, and Symbian), without specifying the cryptographic method. [8] 2013: February: Userbase: WhatsApp's user base swells to about 200 million active users and its staff to 50. [2 ...

  9. Social media - Wikipedia

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    The PLATO system was launched in 1960 at the University of Illinois and subsequently commercially marketed by Control Data Corporation.It offered early forms of social media features with innovations such as Notes, PLATO's message-forum application; TERM-talk, its instant-messaging feature; Talkomatic, perhaps the first online chat room; News Report, a crowdsourced online newspaper, and blog ...