TechnikNews Weekly #104: WhatsApp invitation links public, Google with a statement on HuaweiProproblem and more
A SUMMARY of Lars Matt 
on February 23, 2020, 18:00 | Write a comment
This week we have some articles in the TechnikNews Weekly for you. The MWC 2020 would actually have started tomorrow - but due to the corona virus it was cancelled. We will of course keep you up to date on all the news in the next week. But first let's look back at the past week.
As already mentioned above, MWC 24 should have started on February 2020th. Unfortunately, due to the corona virus, the event will not take place in this form. The risk was simply too great for the organizers and many companies had already canceled the event in advance. Nevertheless, tomorrow some manufacturers will present their devices in live streams - it will definitely remain exciting. With us you will of course stay informed. Now in TechnikNews Weekly, however, we look back on the past week.
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WhatsApp bug provides public invitation links
Due to incorrect visibility settings for search engines (missing noindex and robots.txt file), numerous invitation links to WhatsApp groups ended up in several search engines for a long time. The giant, the search engine Google, had indexed almost half a million of these invitation links and made them freely available. Although Facebook does Proproblem didn't really matter at first, but in the meantime they have reacted and removed all links or had them removed. However, the links continue to appear in Bing and Yahoo – Telegram is also weak in this regard. More in the article:
Google with statement on Huawei-US conflict
The conflict between the US government and Huawei should have reached everyone's ears by now. For example, US companies are not allowed to interact with companies from China and cannot offer any services or goods. Among other things, Huawei is also affected, which is not allowed to rely on any Google services in the latest Huawei Mate 30. A giantproproblem that Google commented on last week. For example, the use of Google services on these devices is explicitly prohibited.
Libratone introduces Vogel anniversary loudspeakers
The company Libratone, which sells headphones and loudspeakers, celebrated its 10th anniversary this week. For this reason, the company presented a special loudspeaker this week to match the bird mascot. What the loudspeaker can do and what it costs, you can read in David's article:
TechnikNews Weekly: More articles this week
All articles that are not in the above TechnikNews Weekly are available for you to read in chronological order below.
