‘Username feature facilitates cybercrime’: Centre on IT notices to WhatsApp, Telegram & Signal | India News

Centre gives statement over notices to WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram NEW DELHI: The government has sought an explanation from WhatsApp over its username feature, with the IT Secretary warning it could facilitate cybercrime by enabling impersonation and identity spoofing.“We have taken up the issue of using usernames because there is a serious possibility of impersonations…

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Key remote bird observatory shuttered for months before Australia’s first bird flu detection

A key bird observatory and research station along the remote coast where Australia’s first bird flu cases were detected has been closed for months. The Eyre Bird Observatory, established in 1977 and located about 300 kilometres east of Esperance, is the nation’s oldest and most remote bird observatory. With the two confirmed and one suspected…

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