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Belgium has started rolling out a new secure messaging application. The app that is called Beam will replace messaging apps ...

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Belgium has begun rolling out a new secure messaging application for public sector use, replacing platforms such as WhatsApp and Messenger, Belga news agency reported Wednesday. The app, called Beam, ...

Recent news has shone a spotlight on secure communications. Late last year, China-linked threat actors Salt Typhoon and Liminal Panda compromised telecommunications and Internet-service providers, ...

The Signal encrypted messaging application is seen on a mobile device in this illustration photo taken in Warsaw, Poland on 26 March, 2025. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto) I don’t know very much ...

Messaging app Signal is in the news, and not for anything positive. Defense Secretary and former Fox News contributor Pete Hegseth recently demonstrated how not to use a secure communications channel ...

What if you could send a message without ever needing Wi-Fi, cellular data, or even an internet connection? It sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie, but with BitChat, it’s a reality. Created by ...

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 ...

According to the National Security Agency, your phone's secure messaging apps come with risks. The NSA points out that while attacks on these apps can happen, it's not due to weak security features ...

'Signalgate' continues to rumble on, with even more of the Signal messages that were shared between Trump officials – and, inadvertently, The Atlantic – revealed today. But how exactly did this group ...