The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is a symmetric block cipher chosen by the U.S. government to protect classified information. AES uses 128-, 192- or 256-bit keys to encrypt and decrypt data. The ...

RCS messaging between Android and iPhones had a major moment earlier this year when both Google and Apple confirmed that they ...

Earlier in May, the Texas Attorney General’s office sued Meta for deceiving users on the level of security offered by end-to-end encryption on WhatsApp. Meanwhile, Apple and Google just announced that ...

One of the many benefits of using iMessage is that you know your conversations are always end-to-end encrypted. That level of security has never previously extended to green bubble conversations. But ...

When Google announced Tuesday that end-to-end encrypted messages were coming to Gmail for business users, some people balked, noting it wasn’t true E2EE as the term is known in privacy and security ...

iOS 26.5 will encrypt RCS text messages between iOS and Android. The encryption supports the iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. The update brings new Pride wallpaper to iPhone and Apple Watch. iPhone owners ...

WhatsApp has introduced Advanced Chat Privacy, a feature that builds on its end-to-end encryption to keep your messages as private as possible by keeping chats in the ...

Great news for Xiaomi users! Soon, you can send fully encrypted messages to iPhone users using RCS messaging. The GSMA has introduced a new standard for messaging, which allows Android and iPhone ...

Apple on Wednesday introduced PQ3, a post-quantum cryptographic protocol for iMessage that the tech giant said has "the strongest security properties of any at-scale messaging protocol in the world." ...

If your iPhone underwent an update in May 2026, you might have noticed the word "encrypted" appearing at the top of some of your text threads. This actually isn't an indication that anything has ...