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WhatsApp's New "Read and Delete" Feature Is Coming, And It's Actually a Big Deal for Your Privacy
WhatsApp is testing a new feature that deletes messages after they've been read, not just after a timer. Here's what you need to know. Okay, this is a good one. WhatsApp, the messaging app owned by Meta and used by over two billion people worldwide, is quietly testing a new feature that will delete your messages automatically after the other person has read them. Not after a timer. After they've actually read it. That's a meaningful difference. And if you care about your priv
Michael Routhier
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Transcript: Episode 11 - The Tech That Actually Matters, And What Nobody Bothered to Tell You (Part 1 of 2)
Hey, welcome back to Tech 4 Grown-Ups. Today we're starting something a little different, a two-part series. And I want to start with something that genuinely bothers me. So what I want you to do right now is go to Google, go to Google right now and type in elderly tech. Go ahead, I'll wait. Here's what you get when you type that in. And the results are phones with four giant buttons, devices with names that sound like they belong in a hospital ward, tablets designed to look
Michael Routhier
Apr 305 min read
Best Smartphone Settings for Older Adults - iPhone & Android
That little grey gear icon contains everything you need to make your phone actually work for you. Most people never open it. Today we're changing that. Let me tell you about Gerald. Gerald is 71, lives in British Columbia, and bought himself a brand new iPhone last spring. He called it "the most expensive thing I've ever been confused by." He could barely read the text on the screen. Notifications were exploding at all hours. His location was being tracked by seventeen apps h
Michael Routhier
Apr 147 min read
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