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Mosh: the mobile shell

Mosh(mobile shell)Remote terminal application that allows roaming, supports intermittent connectivity, and provides intelligent local echo and line editing of user keystrokes.Mosh is a replacement for SSH. It’s more robust and responsive, especially over Wi-Fi, cellular, and long-distance links.Mosh is free software, available for GNU/Linux, BSD, macOS, Solaris, Android, Chrome, and iOS.

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Watch out: don’t lose your passwords when you sign up online

Man in the middle spoof of SMS, phone call, and security question validation? Security gets harder and harder …

If SMS is used to validate your account, then the attacker’s registration site will also use SMS to validate you. When your service provider asks the attacker for the code sent to your mobile phone, the victim is asked on their registration form to input the SMS received. Once the victim provides the SMS on the attacker’s form, absent any additional protocols, the unsuspecting user’s email or other online service account has just been hijacked.

Source: Watch out: don’t lose your passwords when you sign up online – Naked Security

Google wants to share your photos with your nearest and not-dearest

Feeble human! Your spouse is clamoring for cute kid photos and you once again forgot to send them. Well, stand aside: Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) will now share your photos for you.They will be shared automatically, aided by facial recognition and a somewhat kludgy understanding of who you have relationships with.

Source: Google wants to share your photos with your nearst and not-dearest – Naked Security