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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Apple added RCS to the iPhone, but crucially, the current implementation lacks end-to-end encryption. That's changing in the latest beta.

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 ...

As the digital landscape evolves, the need for privacy and data security has become paramount. This has led to an increasing trend of ephemeral messaging apps that auto-delete messages after a ...

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 ...

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