A new Android banking trojan called Sturnus is shaping up to be one of the most capable threats we have seen in a while. It ...

A planned update to Meta's privacy policy on Dec. 16, 2025, will give it permission to read all direct messages sent by its users and use the data to train its generative AI. Rating: False (About this ...

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 ...

The company claims the new communication feature is end-to-end encrypted, meaning messages exchanged on it can only be read by the sender and their receiver, and — in theory — no one else, including X ...

EFY built a DIY real-time messaging system with AES-256 encryption that keep messages and sensor data secure, even over Wi-Fi ...

But Signal isn't the only messaging app that uses end-to-end encryption, and end-to-end encryption isn't the only consideration in choosing a secure messaging app. In addition, secure messaging apps ...

Encrypted text messages may finally reach iPhone users with iOS 26. Code in the beta version of iOS 26 reveals strings for RCS encryption. With encryption, texts between iOS and Android will be more ...

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Have you ever wondered whether it is possible to send fully encrypted Gmail messages that not even Google could intrude on and read? Well, the wait’s over! Google Workspace has also implemented the ...

In November 2025, an Instagram post (archived) with more than 100,000 likes claimed Meta, the company that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, will start reading users' direct messages once it ...