Signal is famous for good end-to-end encryption, WhatsApp is following suit. At DEFCON, two Austrians show what the messengers reveal nonetheless.

The messaging app Signal made news in March after a handful of White House officials, including Vice President JD Vance, used the app to communicate with each other (and, inadvertently, a ...

Signal and WhatsApp may look similar on the surface, but their philosophies couldn’t be more different. One is backed by a data-collecting corporation; the other is run by a nonprofit that ...

Signal is famous for good end-to-end encryption, WhatsApp is following suit. At DEFCON, two Austrians show what the ...

Some immigrant advocacy groups are moving from WhatsApp to Signal, a more secure messaging app. They say it helps protect conversations and updates. But not everyone is ready.

In April 2025, messaging platform WhatsApp introduced a new feature called “advanced chat privacy”. Africa Check breaks down ...

In a statement published on its website, Meta said: “Given how much information people access on their devices, including through private end-to-end encrypted apps like WhatsApp, Signal and ...

WhatsApp has been banned on mobile devices belonging to members of the House of Representatives, though other messaging platforms including Signal – the app at the center of a major military ...

Signal is owned by the San Francisco-based nonprofit Signal Foundation, created in 2018 by WhatsApp founders Moxie Marlinspike and Brian Acton. The duo sold WhatsApp to Facebook in 2014 for $19 ...

The Cellular Operators Association of India has urged the government to bring OTT communication platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram under a regulatory framework. It argues that the current oversight ...