Face, finger or lock-screen code: These passkeys are all you will need to encrypt your WhatsApp chat backups in the near future, the messaging app announced Thursday. Meta-owned WhatsApp, the most ...

The drama this week over the Trump administration Signal group chat about a strike on Houthis in Yemen in which The Atlantic Editor in Chief Jeffrey Goldberg was inadvertently included has been ...

Discord, one of the largest group chat apps in the world, announced on Tuesday that audio and video calls inside the platform will now be end-to-end encrypted (E2EE), meaning even Discord won’t know ...

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What’s happened? Whatsapp is introducing biometric-based encryption for chat backups, replacing manual passwords and long recovery keys that feels like it came from NASA. This follows WhatsApp’s ...

MessageLabs launched on Monday encrypted IM (instant-message) software, targeting companies that use consumer IM clients for collaboration and document sharing. The company’s Enterprise Instant ...

X has rolled out the beta version of its Direct Messaging feature, called 'Chat'. The latest feature brings end-to-end encryption to messages and files while offering disappearing messages, video and ...

X has introduced Chat, a new end-to-end encrypted messaging system that replaces the old direct messages. You get a cleaner setup, stronger privacy, and a set of tools that make one-on-one ...

Anyone using WhatsApp should know that their chats and calls are end-to-end encrypted, just like on iMessage and Signal. It's a security feature WhatsApp had before Meta bought the app. It's also ...

Just days after Meta pulled support for encrypted direct messages on Instagram, the tech giant is now rolling out a new private AI chat feature. Meta announced on Wednesday that its new Incognito Chat ...

In response to the Salt Typhoon hack, two high-ranking FBI officials have said Americans should be using encrypted chat apps. Previously, the FBI has tried to get keys to access encrypted chats during ...