I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, password managers, private messaging apps and ad-blocking software. I also report on online scams and offer advice to families and individuals about ...

Iranians are forced to use homegrown apps as the authorities tighten internet restrictions for security reasons - Copyright AFP ATTA KENARE Iranians are forced to use ...

If you’re one of the millions of people who use secure messaging apps to send and receive calls and texts, your information may not be as protected as you think. Interest in secure messaging apps ...

Have you been using the new RCS format to send texts between an iPhone and an Android phone? If so, you could be exposing your messages to snooping by foreign hackers. In a news call with reporters on ...

Update: Republished on March 31 with a new report into the dangers of secure messaging in the workplace and a twist on WhatsApp versus Signal. The secure messaging apps on your phone are dangerous.

As a devastating wildfire burned through a Maui town, killing more than 100 people, emergency management employees traded dozens of text messages, creating a record that would later help investigators ...

Messages between iPhones and Androids are not secure and could be intercepted by hackers, according to the Federal Bureau of ...

The incident instantly ignited fiery criticism over the Trump administration’s security practices. Former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg wrote on Threads that “from an operational security ...

Apple's messaging app Messages has adopted a new cross-platform messaging standard called RCS. Here's how to be sure you have it enabled on your iPhone, and what new features it gives you when ...

A few weeks ago we witnessed an incident where military leaders inadvertently included a reporter in what was supposed to be a closed, secure communication channel, all due to the use of the Signal ...