Merging Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram: a technical, reputational hurdle
Secure messaging is supposed to be just that—secure. That means no backdoors, strong encryption, private messages staying private, and, …
Facebook to tie together WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger
Facebook plans to take all of its chat apps – Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram – and smoosh them into one interconnected chat blob, in …
Does WhatsApp Has A Privacy Bug That Could Expose Your Messages?
In-short conclusion—Whatsapp service or its 45-days deletion policy doesn’t seem to have a bug. For detailed logical explanation, please …
Australia Passes Anti-Encryption Bill—Here’s Everything You Need To Know
Australia’s House of Representatives has finally passed the “Telecommunications Assistance and Access Bill 2018,” also known as the …
Keybase browser extension weakness discovered
Is the Keybase secure messaging browser extension safe to use or not? Respected researcher Wladimir Palant (of AdBlock Plus fame) is so …
‘Five Eyes’ governments call on tech giants to build encryption backdoors — or else
A pact of five nation states dedicated to a global “collect it all” surveillance mission has issued a memo calling on their governments …
WhatsApp urges Android users to manually backup their chats
The good news for Android users: WhatsApp chats, photos and videos are no longer going to eat into your precious Google Drive storage …
Skype Announced End-to-End Encryption Across all the Platforms
During the skype private conversation all the calls, messages and image/audio/video are encrypted. How to Start Skype Private Conversation …
Australians who won’t unlock their phones could face 10 years in jail
The Australian government wants to force companies to help it get at suspected criminals’ data. If they can’t, it would jail people for …
Severe Bug Discovered in Signal Messaging App for Windows and Linux
A security researcher has discovered a severe vulnerability in the popular end-to-end encrypted Signal messaging app for Windows and Linux …
Secret Conversation – Twitter is testing End-to-End Encryption for direct messages
A security researcher found evidence that Twitter is testing a new feature, dubbed ‘Secret Conversation,’ to enable end-to-end …
Twitter is Testing End-to-End Encrypted Direct Messages
Twitter has been adopting new trends at a snail’s pace. But it’s better to be late than …
Microsoft Office 365 Gets Built-in Ransomware Protection and Enhanced Security Features
Ransomware has been around for a few years, but it has become an albatross around everyone’s neck, targeting big businesses, hospitals, …
Skype Finally Adds End-to-End Encryption for Private Conversations
Good news for Skype users who are concerned about their privacy. Microsoft is collaborating with popular encrypted communication company …
Skype adds e2e encrypted ‘private chats’ powered by Signal Protocol
Microsoft-owned VoIP and messaging platform Skype has long been criticized for lacking end-to-end encryption. Which means Skype …
WhatsApp security flaws could let uninvited guests slip into your private group chats
Security researchers have discovered flaws in WhatsApp’s security that could allow anyone to covertly add uninvited people to any private, …
WhatsApp Flaw Could Allow ‘Potential Attackers’ to Spy On Encrypted Group Chats
A more dramatic revelation of 2018—an outsider can secretly eavesdrop on your private end-to-end encrypted group chats on WhatsApp and …
ProtonMail encrypted mail service adds support for Apple Mail, Outlook and Thunderbird
Mr. Robot’s email service of choice just expanded its support for a handful of popular email …