It's important to note that this change isn't Google snooping on its users, or installing a backdoor into its end-to-end ...

In a significant move towards enhancing user privacy and security, Facebook announced late last year that end-to-end encryption would become the default setting for all chats and calls on its popular ...

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Google’s RCS Archival update lets companies log Google Messages on managed Pixel work phones, sharpening compliance while ...

If you use a company-owned Google Pixel phone, be careful what you say on it.

As promised by Twitter CEO and owner Elon Musk, encrypted direct messaging on Twitter has arrived. But is it any good? In a word, no. The good news: at least Twitter is honest about it. Echoing Musk's ...

Encryption is the process of converting readable data, known as plaintext, into a jumbled string of data called ciphertext. Encryption algorithms use mathematical operations to scrabble data, making ...

After talking about it for months, Twitter has finally released its first version of encrypted DMs — but there are a few limitations. Currently, this feature is only available to verified users (such ...

So I have a rudimentary understanding of the way the ssh authentication and encryption process works. To my understanding, it first uses asymmetrical encryption to get the client and the server to ...