For the first time in Thailand, the prototype of the Android-based mobile app enables users to encrypt short message service (SMS) data from mobile devices.

Signal, the encrypted messaging app, is losing one of its key features on Android. In a new blog post, the company said that it would be removing support for text messages, otherwise known as SMS ...

A new ransomware family targeting Android devices spreads to other victims by sending text messages containing malicious links to the entire contact list found on already infected targets.

Text messages sent between iPhones and Android devices will soon benefit from end-to-end encryption (E2EE), after the GSM Association (GSMA) yesterday published new specifications for the Rich ...

Apple’s iMessage feels more secure than other SMS messengers—and it does end-to-end encrypt traffic, but only where both the sender and recipient are using Apple devices.

Along with a string of new features across several areas of Android, Google is at last turning on end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for everyone in the Messages app. Beta testers have been able to use ...

Open WhisperSystems announced that its TextSecure protocol has been integrated into the CyanogenMod SMS app, bringing end-to-end encrypted text messaging to 10 million Android users.

G Data released a 'tap proof,' 'privacy guaranteed' Android app for sending secure text messages; Secure Chat encrypts text messages, allows group chats and includes options for self-destructing ...

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Google announced a half dozen updates to Android on Tuesday, including the further rollout of earthquake alerts and end-to-end encrypted messages. Earthquake alerts were first announced in August ...

Google's Android phone system is adding encryption for its mainline messaging app.

Signal is beginning to phase out support for sending and receiving standard text messages from its Android app after years of supporting the ability to have them alongside your Signal messages ...