Court filings show Meta executives warned in 2019 that encrypting Messenger could reduce child exploitation reporting to authorities.

Meta accepted that the encryption of its own platforms could make the detection of child abuse and other crimes more ...

WhatsApp on App Store displayed on a phone screen and WhatsApp logo displayed on a screen in the background are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on Auguust 13, 2023. (Photo by ...

Meta announced Thursday it is testing stronger encryption features for Facebook Messenger — just days after the company faced backlash for turning over a teenager’s private messages about her abortion ...

Apple is testing secure messaging between Android and iOS devices with iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, and macOS Tahoe 26.4. The ...

Apple has taken a first step toward blocking the ability of third parties to read messages sent between iPhone and Android.

The importance of end-to-end encryption of digital messages is getting new attention with the announcement that Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook will partly add the feature to its Messenger product now, ...

With the second iOS 26.4 beta, Apple and Google have started testing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages exchanged between iPhone and Android users. Apple started testing E2EE for RCS in the ...

Google Messages' end-to-end encryption feature for group chats seems to be on its way. It looks like the tech giant is testing it to select users. Attendees await the beginning of the unveiling of ...