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City of Albuquerque launches bilingual, opt-in emergency health alert notifications

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The City of Albuquerque is upgrading its ABQ Ride app. ABQRide+ will offer new features like real-time bus locations, stop information, trip planning, ticketing, and more. Also, a new feature is a link to the city’s latest events. The app is free on Apple’s app store and Google Play. The original app will still be available until next month.

“As technology is ever-evolving, we want to make sure that we provide our riders with the best information available. We know this upgrade will make it easier for residents and visitors alike to access information and use public transportation,” said Danny Holcomb in a news release, Transit Director.

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Facebook Messenger gets opt-in end-to-end encryption with Secret Conversations

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Facebook Messenger gets opt-in end-to-end encryption with Secret Conversations

Facebook has begun to roll out end-to-end encryption for users of Facebook Messenger, following in the footsteps of the likes of WhatsApp.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

Graham Cluley

Why is double opt-in still not used by everyone?!

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Out there in the big wide world there are, beside me, unfortunately, a few other people named “Mark Gibbs” and a number of these individuals don’t know their Gmail addresses. This is a problem as I am the proud owner of “[email protected]” and have been since the start of Gmail while they are not. The trouble with these people is they keep giving my Gmail address to organizations they deal with and more than a few of these organizations fail to do the one thing that they should be doing when it comes to building an email relationship with a customer: Verifying the customer’s email address.

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