Encryption is a tricky business. You'll run into terms like TLS, zero-knowledge, and end-to-end encryption, which have discrete meanings with important differences. Proton Mail, one of the most secure ...

With this update, Gmail users with client-side encryption can send E2EE emails to people using other providers, like Outlook.

You probably have documents on your desktop operating system that contain sensitive information. So what do you do to protect that data? You could hide the document in an obscure folder -- but that's ...

Apple joined the RCS bandwagon last year, giving its users the ability to exchange rich text messages with their Android counterparts. The only problem? Those messages are not encrypted, exposing them ...

This collaboration has led to the development of Plexi, a tool designed to audit and verify the authenticity and integrity of ...

Privacy Please is an ongoing series exploring the ways privacy is violated in the modern world, and what can be done about it. Cooper Quintin, a security researcher ...

If your carrier supports RCS, here's how to make sure it's working on your iPhone. 1. Open Settings. 2. Tap Apps near the bottom of the menu. 3. Tap Messages. 4. Tap RCS Messaging under Text Messaging ...

Apple announced today it is upgrading iMessage’s security layer to post-quantum cryptography, starting in iOS and iPadOS 17.4, macOS 14.4 and watchOS 10.4. The technology giant said that in the coming ...

Full-disk encryption (FDE) is a low-effort way to ensure that if someone were to get ahold of one of your drives while unmounted or a Mac while powered down, the contents on the drive would be ...

Chris has reported for various tech and consumer goods outlets over the past decade, including Android Police since early 2022. Previously, he has contributed to outlets such as NotebookCheck, and ...