This is critical because U.S. federal agencies repeatedly warn that texting without the protection of end-to-end encryption ...

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The French and U.K. equivalents to the U.S. government’s cyber defense agency have issued new advice for users. “Deactivate ...

Short Message Service (SMS) has been a staple of text messaging since the flip phone, but it may be time to let it evolve. SMS was created in 1992, back when cellphones could be mistaken for bricks.

The first SMS was sent in 1992, when an engineer of an IT service company based in the U.K. sent it to his colleague to wish him a Merry Christmas. One year later, Finnish company Nokia released the ...

Rahul Naskar has years of experience writing news and features related to Android, phones, and apps. Outside the tech world, he follows global events and developments shaping the world of geopolitics.

Scams, ransomware, and social engineering attacks are big business. The FTC says that scams cost consumers more than $158.3 billion in 2023. Worse yet, over half of all adults (nearly 60%) worldwide ...