A study has revealed the presence of 4.5 million fake stars on the GitHub platform, potentially escalating the visibility of malicious repositories associated with scam activities. These stars are similar to social media likes and help to increase a repository’s ranking and recommendations. Researchers have urged users to consider factors other than star count when assessing a repository. GitHub has started taking measures against these fake stars.

Google unveils end-to-end messages for Gmail. Only thing is: It’s not true E2EE.
Google Workspace has introduced a mechanism named client-side encryption (CSE) allowing content to be encrypted and decrypted directly on a user’s device. However, the keys