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Your Samsung is about to get a lot safer. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Your Samsung is about to get a lot safer. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Samsung has promised to rollout monthly security patches for its Android-powered Galaxy devices in an effort to eliminate flaws and vulnerabilities faster than ever before.

Its announcement comes after researchers discovered a new “Stagefright” exploit that allows hackers to take over billions of smartphones with a single text message.

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Snag a lifetime pass to complete Internet security with Wifi Protector. This top-notch VPN provider allows you to surf the web worry-free on public connections, and leaves your data and activity scrambled and useless to potential hackers — and for a limited time only, you’ll pay just $49 for a lifetime subscription.

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SplashID, the company trusted by millions of people over the past 10 years, is here to make sure your most confidential information stays safe in the big, bad world of the Internet.

From financial records to personal data, to those annoying passwords you always forget, all your essential letters, symbols, and numbers will stay easily accessible to you and you only with help from SplashID — and you can get a lifetime membership for just $24.99 for a limited time.

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Plex, the popular media streaming service that makes it easy to access your entire video, music, and photo catalogs from pretty much anywhere, has been hacked.

A server breach this week allowed hackers to gain access to user data — including email addresses, private messages, and forum passwords — but Plex assures us our credit card details are safe.

Samsung Pay is coming later this year. Photo: Samsung

Samsung Pay is coming later this year. Photo: Samsung

Want to root your Galaxy S6 or S6 edge to access features and capabilities you don’t get out of the box? Think again if you want to use Samsung Pay.

Samsung’s new mobile payments service, which is similar to Apple Pay but isn’t restricted only to NFC, is disabled as soon as you gain root access on your device — and there is no way to get it back once it’s gone.

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