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Google adds E2E RCS encryption to Messages, emoji mashup suggests, and more for Android

The Verge

Google says its phone-based earthquake detection and alert system will be coming to Turkey, the Philippines, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. You can tell Voice Input to ignore you if you’re not looking at your phone. Android’s Earthquake Alerts are coming to more countries.

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The best VPNs for staying anonymous and secure on the web

Mashable Tech

Aside from the few countries that have restricted or outright banned them (including Belarus, China, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Oman, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and the United Arab Emirates), VPNs are perfectly legal in most of the world. Hold up — are VPNs legal? A kill switch. Split tunneling.

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