X has officially launched XChat for Android, bringing its standalone encrypted messaging app to Google's mobile platform. The ...

Here's what end-to-end encryption protects—and what it doesn't.

Encryption offers an illusion of security. It feeds the notion that even governments, advertisers, or the platform would not be privy to the conversations. In many technical ways, that’s true. However ...

The new open-source project could serve as the basis for a future of apps with features as complex as Slack, Discord, or Google Docs—but with added protection against surveillance.

A new startup called Germ is bringing end-to-end encrypted messaging to the Bluesky social network, allowing its users to have a more secure option for chats than Bluesky’s existing DMs. After over ...

Multi-service messaging app Beeper, which allows people to connect to all their chat apps from one interface, is relaunching its app on Wednesday to offer a more secure version that no longer requires ...

An iPhone mockup with RCS messaging on iMessage between iPhone and Android users - Apple Inc. After a few months of beta testing with developers, Apple finally released (in beta) end-to-end encrypted ...

Android and iPhone consumers can now use E2EE in the app, but you need to be subscribed to Enterprise Plus. Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content into the Internet river for ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. All change for Galaxy. This is your six-week warning. Samsung first launched its texting app ...

Instagram will remove end-to-end encryption for direct messages between users from May 8, 2026. When the date comes around, Meta will potentially be able to see the contents of all messages between ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...