Facebook announced this week it would begin focusing on private messaging services, on top of its public social media post model. In a blog post Wednesday, the Menlo Park, California-based company's ...

Federal authorities announced hackers in China have stolen "customer call records data" of an unknown number of Americans, but encrypted messaging could be the first line of defense for people in the ...

Special counsel Robert Mueller's team is requesting that witnesses turn in their personal phones to inspect their encrypted messaging programs as part of the Russia probe. Encryption is an ...

Users of Meta’s Facebook and Messenger apps will now automatically gain the protections of end-to-end encryption, a major boost to security and privacy, the company said Wednesday. The ...

Signal is a messaging app that uses end-to-end encryption to keep your messages private. When you send a message on Signal, the only people who can see it are the recipients. You can use the Signal ...

Messaging app Viber has turned on end-to-end encryption for over 700 million users, as the debate over data privacy continues to evolve. According to a company blog post, end-to-end encryption is now ...

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 ...

A leaked Signal group chat in the U.S., now known the world over as Signalgate, sparked a heated debate about national security and the use of messaging apps for sharing sensitive information. At the ...

X has begun rolling out a beta version of XChat, a redesigned messaging system for its paid subscribers, according to a recent post by X owner Elon Musk. The new feature includes end-to-end encryption ...

PARIS – France and Germany pushed Tuesday for Europe-wide rules requiring messaging apps such as Telegram to limit encryption to help governments monitor ...

Twitter ‘sSupport account has announced the launch of two new features for Direct Messaging on the platform. The first is in-line replies — similar to other messaging platforms like Slack or iMessage.