Moxie Marlinspike—the pseudonym of an engineer who set a new standard for private messaging with the creation of the Signal ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Updated on Dec. 3 with advice on other encrypted messaging platforms ...

Hackers on Monday hijacked a mass text messaging service, pushing hundreds of thousands of scam texts to people who subscribe to alerts from New York state, a Catholic charity and a political ...

An Idaho Senate candidate said the message violates federal law. A long-shot candidate for U.S. Senate in Idaho is taking aim at the Forest Service for openly blaming Democrats for the federal ...

Messages on official government channels blaming Democrats for the shutdown are one of the most significant hits yet to the longstanding wall between federal workers and politics, historians said. “We ...

A highly politicized warning message popped up on U.S. Forest Service websites Wednesday morning as the federal government shutdown began. The red banner message, which appeared at the top of national ...

The Secret Service has disrupted a sprawling telecommunications network in the New York Tri-State Area that investigators say posed a serious potential disruption to New York's telecom systems and a ...

President Trump and other conservative figures spoke Sunday at Charlie Kirk's memorial service. NPR speaks with Will Sommer, a senior reporter for The Bulwark, about the messages they shared. We're ...

Apple’s Messages app gets a handful of solid upgrades in iOS 26. Messages gains the new ‘Liquid Glass’ redesign that impacts the app, of course. Buttons have been updated, UI elements have a fresh ...

A new scam is starting to make the rounds involving text messages designed to impersonate correspondence from Service Ontario. The message claims the recipient has an unpaid speeding ticket issued by ...

Newer phones allow users to make emergency SOS calls via satellite when cell service or Wi-FI is unavailable. Cell phones with eSIM can also be used to connect to other cell service providers. A ...

Multi-service messaging app Beeper, which allows people to connect to all their chat apps from one interface, is relaunching its app on Wednesday to offer a more secure version that no longer requires ...