Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Updated on Dec. 3 with advice on other encrypted messaging platforms ...

Hackers on Monday hijacked a mass text messaging service, pushing hundreds of thousands of scam texts to people who subscribe to alerts from New York state, a Catholic charity and a political ...

An Idaho Senate candidate said the message violates federal law. A long-shot candidate for U.S. Senate in Idaho is taking aim at the Forest Service for openly blaming Democrats for the federal ...

Messages on official government channels blaming Democrats for the shutdown are one of the most significant hits yet to the longstanding wall between federal workers and politics, historians said. “We ...

A highly politicized warning message popped up on U.S. Forest Service websites Wednesday morning as the federal government shutdown began. The red banner message, which appeared at the top of national ...

The Secret Service has disrupted a sprawling telecommunications network in the New York Tri-State Area that investigators say posed a serious potential disruption to New York's telecom systems and a ...

WhatsApp is rolling out the ability for users to translate messages into their preferred language, the Meta-owned company announced on Tuesday. Now, if users see a message in a different language, ...

Donald Trump, JD Vance, and other influential voices on the right use Charlie Kirk’s memorial service to remember the fallen Turning Point USA leader and deliver a message of purpose for Republicans.

DMs and text messages can feel like private forms of communication — but it’s not always that simple. There are scenarios where third parties might be able to access your messaging data, whether it's ...

You can now message friends on Spotify. Here’s how. There might be beauty in silence, but for many, a day without music, podcasts, or audiobooks feels unthinkable. With over 3% of the global ...