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You now have two days to delete that embarrassing WhatsApp message
Sent a wildly inappropriate text meant for your boo to, I don’t know, your boss? Now you have some extra time to save face and delete it — well, if you’re using WhatsApp, at least.
WhatsApp users now have a little over two days after sending a message to delete it instead of just one hour, the company announced today.
To start using the new feature right now, open up the WhatsApp group or individual chat where you sent the message(s). Make sure to tap and hold the content you want to get rid of, click “Delete,” and then select either “Delete for everyone” or “Delete for me.”
Yet before you go off on a deleting spree, be aware there’s a (slight) catch: all recipients must be updated to the most recent version of WhatsApp in order for…
4 things to learn from the embarrassing Slope hack on Solana
Now we know: The hack that drained thousands of user wallets (more than 8,000 at writing time) on cryptocurrency platform Solana wasn’t a result some sort of wide-ranging system failure. It was very likely due to egregiously bad security practices by cryptocurrency wallet provider Slope.
According to security company Otter, the hack was due to Slope sending users’ seed phrases in plaintext to a centralized server. A seed phrase is an equivalent to a crypto private key; it’s a string of words that “unlock” the funds in a crypto wallet, allowing whoever owns the phrase to do with them whatever they please. “Plaintext” means that these phrases were sent over the internet unencrypted, making them an easy target for hackers.
In short: Slope did something that no company should ever, ever do, and it cost its users more than $4 million. (For the record, Slope said in an official statement that “nothing is yet firm” regarding the hack, but several other experts agree with Otter.)
The number isn’t massive in the world of cryptocurrencies, where multi-million hacks are commonplace. But the hack was the stuff of nightmares for crypto users, as people’s funds just started randomly disappearing from their wallets, and it took nearly a day for security experts to catch up and figure out what had happened.
So what can you do to make sure such events don’t affect you in the future? No strategy is foolproof, but here’s some advice.
1. Software cryptocurrency wallets can be ridiculously bad when it comes to security
One would think that a company specializing in crypto wallets wouldn’t even send emoji unencrypted, but one would be wrong. Slope appears to have committed one of the worst offenses possible by sending users’ seed phrases unencrypted over the internet.
The lesson to learn here is this: Even when a company is saying security is a priority; even when it’s operating in a space where security is extremely important; even when they pinky swear your funds are safe, you must still remain vigilant.
2. All the cryptography in the world doesn’t help when there’s a weak link
When you set up a crypto wallet, you’ll typically get messages saying you should keep your seed phrase and private key safe and not show it to anyone. You may also see notices that there’s advanced cryptography at work here, and if you lose both your seed phrase and access to your private key, you’ll never be able to get your funds back.
While that may be true in some cases, if the wallet itself mishandles your seed phrase, the most advanced cryptographic safeguards will be of little use.
3. Use a hardware wallet if possible
Credit: Ledger
A hardware cryptocurrency wallet is a device, often similar to a USB stick, that lets you keep, spend and receive crypto coins. It typically offers more security than a software wallet, though it’s a little more complicated to use.
When the Slope attack started hitting user wallets, both Solana and Slope advised users to transfer their funds to a hardware wallet. That’s good advice in principle, but most users don’t have a hardware wallet handy, and ordering one online and receiving it typically takes a few days.
So one thing you can do, especially if you’re handling meaningful amounts of crypto, is to order a hardware wallet before disaster hits. Companies like Trezor and Ledger offer one. Do bear in mind, though, that even hardware wallets can have security holes, and the companies that make them can have bad security practices. For example, Ledger had a horrible data leak in which hackers got a hold of its users’ names, home addresses and other data. On the other hand, Trezor, which has a good security record, does not support Solana as of this writing.
4. Sometimes, a centralized exchange can save you
In crypto, there’s a saying: Not your keys, not your coins. It means that if you keep your coins with a third party, such a centralized crypto exchange, you don’t really control what happens to them.
But in the case of yesterday’s Slope hack, the best thing you could do to protect your coins (if you didn’t have access to a hardware wallet) was to send them to an exchange such as FTX or Binance, as it was unlikely that these exchanges were also affected by the same issue. As a quick safety measure, it was a decent option; you could always move your coins elsewhere after the dust settled.
I met my dream man in Morrisons – our relationship is perfect apart from his VERY embarrassing problem
WHEN Vikki Brown bumped into a handsome stranger in Morrisons during the first Covid lockdown, she wasn’t looking for love.
But she was soon charmed by Lucas Martins, 39, and the pair from Stoke-on-Trent now have a dream relationship – apart from one unusual problem.
Vikki met dream man Lucas in her local supermarket[/caption]
Healthcare worker Vikki, 31, claims Lucas finds her so attractive, he gets up to 100 erections a DAY.
She says: “From the beginning until now, wherever we are, he can have an erection.
“It’s up to 50 to 100 times a day. We only have to be sat watching a film, walking down the street or going to friend’s for a coffee and he’s got an erection.
“Sometimes it’s embarrassing but he just laughs about it.”
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Before meeting Lucas, Vikki had been single for several years after splitting from her children’s dad.
She met Lucas in her local supermarket in 2020, after he called her “beautiful” while the pair were waiting in a queue.
Vikki recalls: “Morrisons is my favourite childhood supermarket – I was in my uniform with wet hair and a mask on.
“As we were queuing up, Lucas walked around the corner with a massive piece of fillet steak in his basket and said, ‘Wow aren’t you beautiful’.
Lucas experiences between 50 and 100 erections a day in Vikki’s presence[/caption]
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“We got speaking and I turned down three coffee dates at the start because I was so happy being on my own.”
Despite turning him down when he first asked her out, Lucas eventually won Vikki around and they ended up going on a date.
They’ve now been together for two years and despite living separately, they see each other all the time.
While they’re very happy together, Vikki admits Lucas’ constant desire for sex means she struggles to keep up with chores and appointments.
‘No rest from it’
Vikki says she finds it hard to keep up with Lucas’ sex drive[/caption]
Lucas claims he’s spoken to a doctor as he didn’t suffer from this unusual problem before meeting Vikki, but was told it’s not a medical issue.
The average man experiences around 11 erections a day, while a healthy male has up to five during a full night’s sleep. Random erections are generally considered normal and can be a sign of good health.
Vikki says: “Throughout the whole relationship he’s always had an erection – in shops, restaurants, the gym.
“There’s no rest from it at all and I just wondered if any other couples are the same.
“In bed it’s the same, he can go to sleep with an erection and wake up with one, even though he does night shifts, there’s no change in it at all.
“It’s every single place we are – we can be having a perfectly normal everyday conversation like, ‘Shall we go and climb this mountain next weekend’ and he has an erection.
It’s every single place we are – we can be having a perfectly normal everyday conversation like, ‘Shall we go and climb this mountain next weekend’ and he has an erection
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“I can come down the stairs and walk past the glass door and be in the next room and it still happens.
“I’ve spoken to him about it and he’s always believed in good intercourse with his woman and wife-to-be.
“He says it will bring the relationship closer and I do believe that too, he just wants me all the time.”
‘She’s a goddess’
Lucas, who works in management, says: “It just seems to be natural.
“I’ve got a wonderful woman next to me – she’s a goddess, she only needs to look at me and speak to me and I get hungry for it.
“When we first started I said I’m happy with one [partner] as long as we get on in all aspects we’ll be fine.
“After a year when most couples would die down, months and years go by and we get hungrier for each other.
“I can easily come to bed and look at Vikki and have an erection, I fall asleep with one and wake up with one.
“It’s unique and different but it’s because of the woman I’ve got next to me.
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“To me she is a goddess, she is basically a forbidden fruit and for that reason I just want to eat it.
“I’ve never experienced before how she makes me feel – our bodies are so connected.”
My friend wants to name her baby after an STI – but people think I’M wrong for ’embarrassing’ her about it
HOLDING your tongue when you don’t like a friend’s baby name can be tough – but what if they’re naming their tot after an STI?
When one Redditor found herself in that predicament, she felt compelled to speak up – yet even though she was trying to help, she says she was criticized for “embarrassing” the mother-to-be.
One mom-to-be confused a name from Greek mythology with the name of an STI[/caption]
The anonymous Reddit user wrote that her friend was about five months pregnant when she shared a baby name she was considering.
“She’s having a girl and likes to run some of her ideas by our friend group to see what we think,” the Reddit user wrote.
“Yesterday we all got together to hang out and she told us her latest favorite,” she continued.
The Reddit user was shocked.
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The mom-to-be said she was thinking of naming her daughter Chlamydia.
Chlamydia is a common STD with symptoms that include burning during urination, abnormal discharge in men and women, and rectal pain, as well as damage to a woman’s reproductive system.
The Reddit user wrote that while she was still processing this bizarre name choice, her friend began discussing what inspired her.
“She starts going on about how ever since we had to read The Odyssey in high school, she’s always liked her in Greek mythology,” she wrote.
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“It takes a minute, but from the context she gives in the conversation, I figure out that she’s talking about Clytemnestra.”
In The Odyssey, Clytemnestra is the wife of king Agamemnon and the sister of Helen of Troy.
Understanding her friend’s mistake, the Redditor interrupted: “Wait, you mean Clytemnestra, not Chlamydia. Right?”
But her friend insisted she meant chlamydia.
“I have to explain to her that she’s got the name mixed up and that chlamydia is an STD, not a figure from Greek mythology. After I bring up a Google search to prove my point, she gets all awkward and quiet. The mood for the rest of our time together kinda soured,” she wrote.
When her friend pointed out that chlamydia is a disease, the woman was upset[/caption]
Later, the Redditor said she got a text message calling her “a bad friend for embarrassing her in front of everyone like that.”
“She says I could have brought it up in private and didn’t need to be so condescending about it. She was just talking about a name she liked and I made her feel like an idiot,” she continued.
When the Redditor didn’t respond, she said she got more texts from other friends insisting she should apologize.
“I don’t think I have anything to apologize for, and besides, they were perfectly happy to sit there and let her think her STD baby name would be a good choice,” the Redditor wrote.
“Imagine how embarrassed she would have been after she found the mistake later and realized that none of her friends had the decency to tell her the truth.”
Other Reddit users are backing her up against the expectant mom, with one writing: “If she’s old enough to be pregnant, she should be old enough to know what chlamydia is. She embarrassed herself.”
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“Someone needed to tell her, it’s not like you busted out laughing and call her an idiot. I honestly would have cracked a rib laughing before I could tell her why. The fact she hadn’t googled it is her own fault, she needs to grow up,” wrote another.
“The woman is just embarrassed and trying to appease that by passing any wrongdoing onto you,” wrote one more.