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WhatsApp bug causing some Android devices to falsely report microphone access

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San Francisco: Meta-owned WhatsApp and Google have acknowledged a bug that seems to be allowing WhatsApp to access phones’ microphones unnecessarily on some Android devices.
The issue first surfaced a month ago, but it received renewed attention after a Twitter engineer mentioned it in a post boosted by Elon Musk, reports Engadget.
Twitter engineer Foad Dabiri recently shared an image that raised concerns about the app’s privacy practices. The image appeared to show that the app’s microphone was continuously running in the background, even when not in use.

Dabiri tweeted a screenshot from the Privacy Dashboard on his Android device, which revealed how frequently the app accessed his microphone and camera.
“WhatsApp has been using the microphone in the background, while I was asleep and since I woke up at 6 a.m. (and that’s just a part of the timeline!) What’s going on?,” he tweeted.
Later, Musk retweeted Dabiri’s post, saying “WhatsApp cannot be trusted”.
According to a statement shared on Twitter by WhatsApp, the problem was caused by an Android-related issue rather than inappropriate microphone access by the messaging app.
“We believe this is a bug on Android that mis-attributes information in their Privacy Dashboard and have asked Google to investigate and remediate,” the company said.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 10, 2023
Photo of Hyderabad grave falsely reported as being from Pakistan

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Hyderabad: A photograph of a padlocked grave has gone viral on Saturday. It was connected to increased instances of ‘necrophilia’ in Pakistan in media reports and social media posts, with the assertion that the image is an example of how mothers lock their daughters’ graves in Pakistan to avoid rape.
ANI Digital tweeted a link to the story on Twitter along with the image of a locked grave leading to several major news outlets pushing the same story online. But turns out, the story is fake news.
Leading fact checker website Alt News‘ research showed that the grave in the picture did not belong to Pakistan but it was found in Hyderabad, India. The reason for the ‘lock’ on the grave had a different explanation as well. The cemetery is located opposite Masjid E Salar Mulk, a mosque in Darab Jung Colony, Madannapet, Hyderabad.

Explaining the reason behind the grille or jaali as Muqtar Sahab, who is the Muazzin of the Masjid E Salar Mulk, called it said to Alt News that a lot of people go there and bury bodies over the old graves without permission.
“The people who already have their close ones resting here have had complaints since they come here to read Fateha. In order to prevent others from burying any bodies further, the families have put the grille there.”
On being informed about the image of this grave being circulated with the claim that it is from Pakistan, Muqtar refuted it and added that the grille was constructed also with a view to preventing people from stamping on the grave since it was right in front of the entrance.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 30, 2023
I was falsely projected as anti-Hindu in 2018, says Siddaramaiah

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Bengaluru: Congress veteran and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had said “false propaganda” that he was anti-Hindu took centre stage during the 2018 Assembly elections and denied he was against the majority faith as projected by the BJP.
In an interview with PTI Video, the excerpts of which were released on Monday, he further said there was nothing wrong in state Congress President DK Shivakumar also aspiring for the chief minister’s post in the event of the party winning the May 10 Assembly polls, as “healthy competition” was fine.
“See, if there is healthy competition there is nothing wrong. If DK Shivakumar wants to become CM and he is an aspirant there is nothing wrong. If I become an aspirant for the CM post there is nothing wrong. Ultimately newly elected MLAs will decide and the high command will take a decision,” on the top post, he said.

Asserting that the people of Karnataka want to show the door to the ruling BJP, Siddaramaiah said the saffron organisation cannot “mislead” the voters like it did five years ago.
EXCLUSIVE | VIDEO: “The discussion is happening on streets that the BJP government is the most corrupt government because every day the people of Karnataka are experiencing corruption. If they go to the police station, if they go to Tahsildar Kacheri, if they go to offices like… pic.twitter.com/16S9Tez7zk
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) April 24, 2023
“In 2013, there was a clear mandate from the people for the Congress party. We had done good work during our tenure between 2013 and 2018 (when he was CM). The false propaganda had taken the upper hand because they made allegations against me that I am against majority communities, against upper class and like that and that I am against Hindutva/Hindu dharma.”
“Like that they have projected but it is not true. This time, the people will not believe their propaganda because they know there is no truth in their allegation. That is why, this time they (BJP) are not talking much about Hindutva/Hindu Rasthra or Hindu dharma because with money and power they wanted to win this time. But it is not possible,” he added. He claimed the BJP was able to swing the mandate in its favour in the 2018 polls through false propaganda.
To a question, he said, “caste is not an important factor in the elections.”
“Issues are important. Now the issues are corruption, price rise, unemployment…like that there are so many issues. People of Karnataka will not consider caste,” he insisted.

Asked if the May 10 election will be a battle between himself and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he replied in the negative.
“It is not a fight between myself and Modi and that issue will not be discussed in the coming assembly election. The issues will be the local issues concerning the people of Karnataka and it is an election to the state legistature, not the Parliament. Therefore the people of Karnataka will discuss local issues,” he said.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 24, 2023
N.Y. AG’s office: Trump and kids ‘falsely deny facts they have admitted’

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New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office is seeking a pre-trial conference to work out fact from fiction and to “sanction Defendants and their counsel,” for the false claims, according to the letter. | Brittainy Newman/AP Photo
The office of New York Attorney General Letitia James says former President Donald Trump and three of his adult children lied in the answers they submitted to the court in response to James’ $250 million lawsuit accusing them and the Trump Organization of large-scale financial fraud.
Both the former president his children “falsely deny facts they have admitted in other proceedings,” deny knowing things “ that are plainly within their knowledge,” and use defenses “repeatedly rejected by this Court as frivolous and without merit,” Kevin Wallace, senior enforcement counsel in the Attorney General’s office, said in a letter to New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron.
James’ office is seeking a pre-trial conference to work out fact from fiction and to “sanction Defendants and their counsel,” for the false claims, according to the letter.
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( With inputs from : www.politico.com )

January 31, 2023
Delhi: Upset over delay, passenger falsely tweets flight hijacked; arrested

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New Delhi: A man was arrested for allegedly falsely tweeting that a flight going from Dubai to Jaipur had been hijacked, police said on Thursday.
The incident took place on Wednesday.
Moti Singh Rathore, a resident of Nagaur in Rajasthan, arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport after a Dubai-Jaipur was diverted to Delhi due to bad weather, Deputy Commissioner of Police (airport) Ravi Kumar Singh said.
The flight landed at 9:45 am and was given clearance to depart at 1:40 pm. Meanwhile, Rathore tweeted “flight highjack”, the police said.
Rathore was offloaded from the flight with his bag and the flight was allowed to leave after the necessary checks. He was handed over to the local police for further action, they said.
The accused told police that he posted the tweet as he was frustrated over the flight being stranded, they added.
A case was registered in the matter and Rathore was arrested, the police said.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 27, 2023
Delhi: Upset over delay, passenger falsely tweets flight hijacked; arrested

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New Delhi: A man was arrested for allegedly falsely tweeting that a flight going from Dubai to Jaipur had been hijacked, police said on Thursday.
The incident took place on Wednesday.
Moti Singh Rathore, a resident of Nagaur in Rajasthan, arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport after a Dubai-Jaipur was diverted to Delhi due to bad weather, Deputy Commissioner of Police (airport) Ravi Kumar Singh said.
The flight landed at 9:45 am and was given clearance to depart at 1:40 pm. Meanwhile, Rathore tweeted “flight highjack”, the police said.
Rathore was offloaded from the flight with his bag and the flight was allowed to leave after the necessary checks. He was handed over to the local police for further action, they said.
The accused told police that he posted the tweet as he was frustrated over the flight being stranded, they added.
A case was registered in the matter and Rathore was arrested, the police said.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 26, 2023