There are untold numbers of instant messaging networks (not even taking SMS into consideration)—with companies like Google having, all by themselves, created a half dozen competing applications and ...

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Encrypted messengers are having a second wave. Apps like WhatsApp, iMessage and Signal made end-to-end encryption (E2EE) a default expectation. But most still hinge on phone numbers, centralized ...

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Engineers at NTT Communications have developed a secure instant-messaging system that supports logging and archiving of messages to satisfy compliance regulations and can interact with some ...

The recent revelation that WhatsApp has been sharing user information, such as phone numbers, with their parent company Facebook since 2016 has created some confusion around the idea of secure ...

Telegram is a cross-platform messaging service with enhanced encryption and privacy. Most messages feature client-to-server encryption, but Secret Chat messages have end-to-end encryption. Telegram ...

There is no shortage of messaging apps in terms of security and features. While most messaging apps depend on Phone numbers, some don’t need them at all. This offers flexibility, as consumers don’t ...