Google Messages Gets Encrypted Group Messaging
The messages you send between more than a single other person should be private, right? I’m talking about encryption, and the idea is that no one should be able to…
Google Messages Group Chats to Get Encryption
As a part of the Google I/O keynote, Google talked a bit about its Messages app and how many people are using RCS through it, before pitching (once again) to…
Google Fi Gets End-to-End Encrypted Calls
Need that extra bit of privacy on your calls? Google Fi to the rescue. This week, Google announced that when you place calls on Google Fi to another Android phone,…
WhatsApp Adds End-to-End Encryption for Backups
WhatsApp has had end-to-end encryption for all of the messages you send for a solid 5 years now, as long as those messages are only stored on your device. For…
End-to-End Encryption Exits Beta for Google Messages
Google introduced end-to-end encryption for one-on-one conversations in beta inside the Messages app last November. This week, the feature has apparently exited beta, available to all inside of the app…
Google Messages Encryption is Super Live, Reactions Hit the Web
The feature list of Google Messages, as well as its flexibility for use across devices, continues to improve with each passing month. We learned a month ago that encryption was…
RCS End-to-End Encryption Hinted at in Internal Google Messages Build
For Google Messages to continue to take steps towards matching Apple’s iMessage in features, its biggest need is arguably in the private security department. We’re talking end-to-end encryption over messages,…
On Encryption, Apple, the FBI, and You
I may be an outlier in a world full of tech talking heads, many of which who really, really love to listen to themselves talk, but I don’t have a…