Day: March 18, 2024

WhatsApp is now blocking billions of users from taking screenshots of profile pictures

WhatsApp is blocking billions of its users from taking screenshots of profile pictures. Engineers at parent company Meta have seemingly flipped a switch and started to roll out the feature globally, despite no official announcement. The block leverages the same privacy-focused functionality used by banking software and streaming services like Netflix to prevent screenshots. WhatsApp […]

After FIJ’s Story, Namecheap Suspends Private Website Selling Nigerians’ NIN, Other Data

Xpressverify, an identity verification website that makes money from selling out the personal information of Nigerians, has been suspended by its domain registrar, FIJ can report. This development follows a report by FIJ detailing how Xpressverify had unrestricted access to the National Identification Database and personal details of Nigerians despite being a privately owned website. Namecheap Incorporated, […]

High cost of iron rods: Engineers now build with bamboo

Why Bamboo—That Nigeria’s economy is in bad shape, is no longer news. Food and other necessities are hard to come by. However, no matter what turn the economy takes, Nigerians, by their unique nature, will always find survival alternatives. That is why although it sounds unthinkable to see, anywhere in the world, where bamboos are used in […]

Lekki demolitions: Govt not out to hurt citizens – Commissioner

Lagos State Government has explained that the recent removal of shanties on the coastal road, along Mayegun and Jakande area of Lekki, was not to hurt its citizens, but done for over-riding public interest. Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, made this affirmation on Sunday, when he led state officials on […]

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