Fedora Kinoite vs. Silverblue: My verdict after testing both immutable Linux distros
2026-05-13T08:52:12Z•15edbc193b4524ec70cadb332689794e305b5450f1be2a0b1d36931061413e0c
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What happened
This ZDNet digest highlights several security- and privacy-relevant updates: Android is getting an anti-spoofing feature that will automatically hang up on calls spoofing bank numbers; Apple iOS 26.5 extends end-to-end encryption for RCS chats across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Vision Pro; Google’s Gemini Intelligence agentic upgrade brings cross‑app automation that could increase privacy and abuse risk; Android Auto now supports YouTube (raising in-vehicle safety/distraction considerations). Other items of note include immutable Fedora variants (Kinoite vs Silverblue) that affect OS-up
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- zdnet_security
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- 15edbc193b4524ec70cadb332689794e305b5450f1be2a0b1d36931061413e0c
- Enrichment time
- 2026-05-13T08:52:12Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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