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DuckDuckGo's privacy-focused browser gets cross-device syncing and backups
DuckDuckGo is introducing end-to-end encrypted syncing and backups across devices.
How security experts unravel ransomware
Increasingly, security professionals are coming together with law enforcement to provide free decryption tools — freeing locked files and eliminating the temptation for victims to pony up.
Proton Mail now has a desktop app in beta
Proton finally has a desktop app. The Swiss company, known for its privacy-focused alternatives to the Google Workspace apps, revealed a Windows and macOS application on Thursday that includes Proton Mail and Proton Calendar.
Proton Drive for Android can back up your photos to a private cloud server (edited)
Proton Drive now automatically backs up your photos to a private cloud server, so you don’t have to worry about anyone taking a peek. The service is rolling out now and features an intuitive management interface.
Facebook Messenger update sets default end-to-end encryption for chats and calls
Facebook Messenger is getting default end-to-end encryption through the latest update, along with a few other handy new features.
Sunbird shuts down its iMessage app for Android after major privacy concerns
The Sunbird app for Android, which allows interoperability between messaging platforms like iOS, has shut down for the time being after major privacy concerns came to light. This comes after Nothing’s chat platform, which was based on Sunbird, also shut down.
Messenger's encrypted chats expand to more users ahead of full rollout later this year
Meta is considerably expanding Messenger's encryption feature, rolling it out to "millions more people's chats" starting today.
WhatsApp may soon introduce usernames
The update could change the way users find each other on the app.
Google expands Gmail client-side encryption to more users
Google's client-side encryption protections aren't available on personal Workspace plans or accounts just yet, however.
Facebook Messenger encrypted chats now include more of the features you expect
Facebook Messenger's encrypted chats now include many features from unprotected conversations, including custom emoji and themes.
Apple expands iCloud encryption as it backs away from controversial CSAM scanning plans
Apple is rolling out new security features that include encryption for most of your iCloud data — much to the chagrin of law enforcement.
Google Messages starts testing end-to-end encryption for RCS group texts
Some folks who are enrolled in the Messages open beta program will gain access to encrypted group chats in the coming weeks ahead of a broader rollout.
Twitter seems to be working on end-to-end encryption for DMs again
Datamined code in Twitter's Android app indicates end-to-end encryption is on the way to protect direct messages from prying eyes.
Signal makes Google strike organizer Meredith Whittaker its first president
Privacy-focused messaging app Signal has hired former Google manager and tech critic Meredith Whittaker as its first president.
Meta starts testing default end-to-end encryption on Messenger
The company is also trialing a secure storage feature that backs up encrypted chat history.
Zoom brings end-to-end encryption to its cloud phone service
E2EE protection is coming to meeting breakout rooms as well.
ProtonMail is rebranding and adding a lot more storage to all its plans
Starting today, Proton is making it easier to go all-in on ProtonMail and the other services it offers, including a VPN, cloud storage and an encrypted calendar. Going forward, ProtonMail is rebranding itself simply as Proton, pushing its whole suite of privacy-focused services and updating all of its plans.
End-to-end encryption is coming to Google Messages group texts
The expanded feature will arrive as an open beta later this year.
Researchers break world record for quantum-encrypted communications
Researchers in Beijing have set a new quantum secure direct communication (QSDC) world record of 102.2 km (64 miles).
Russian court finds Meta guilty of "extremist activity", but won’t ban WhatsApp
The Meta-owned app is regularly the most popular messaging platform in Russia.
