Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lars Daniel covers digital evidence and forensics in life and law. In an era where data breaches and digital surveillance dominate ...

I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, password managers, private messaging apps and ad-blocking software. I also report on online scams and offer advice to families and individuals about ...

Messages for web is undergoing an important backend change, particularly for users on Google Fi. Instead of relying on older ...

A developer behind the decentralized messaging app Bitchat has pushed back against claims by Ugandan authorities that the ...

This means that, like most others, I have to keep half a dozen apps installed on almost all my devices to stay in touch. Beeper solves this problem. It brings all the popular messaging services under ...

Google Messages is testing a new context menu that makes the texting features you use most often more accessible.

Signal is widely regarded as the gold standard for secure messaging. It uses end-to-end encryption (E2EE) by default for all person-to-person and group chats, as well as voice and video calls. This ...

As a devastating wildfire burned through a Maui town, killing more than 100 people, emergency management employees traded dozens of text messages, creating a record that would later help investigators ...

Arattai personal messaging app arrives on Android TV, allowing users to join or schedule video calls on a big screen, connect ...