Yesterday, Google announced that Google Workspace users who have access to Gmail client-side encryption will now be able to use full end-to-end encryption in the Gmail client even if the recipient ...

Meta’s end-to-end encrypted messaging app is used by billions of people. Here’s how to make sure you’re one of the most ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — End-to-end encryption is a term you hear all the time as a safety feature for text or email. But now, North Carolina FBI agents say the bad guys are using it to scam you and keep ...

Earlier this year, Apple confirmed that it’d be supporting end-to-end encryption with RCS in a future software update. At the time, iOS 18 was still the latest version of iOS – thus implying that the ...

WhatsApp is adding a new way to access your encrypted backups with passkey support. This means if you lose your device, you can use methods like fingerprint, face, or the screen lock code of your ...

Swiss public-sector data protection officers say controlling the geographic location of cloud data isn’t enough: governments must hold the encryption keys too. Data residency is no longer enough. As ...

The company, on its part, has always maintained that all messages and calls on the platform are end-to-end encrypted and that ...

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