Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lars Daniel covers digital evidence and forensics in life and law. In an era where data breaches and digital surveillance dominate ...

I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, password managers, private messaging apps and ad-blocking software. I also report on online scams and offer advice to families and individuals about ...

Apple’s first developer beta for iOS 18.2 is full of big and small features for iPhone users. The highlight is new Apple Intelligence features, but there’s also a nice change coming for users who like ...

Do you pay for text messaging? If you have a smartphone, you don’t have to. There are plenty of mobile messaging app alternatives that you can try at no cost. They work with different types of phones, ...

TikTok looks to be taking on popular messaging services like Meta’s WhatsApp and Apple’s Messages, as the company announced on Monday that it’s adding group chats to its platform. You can now create ...

Apple has a contentious relationship with allowing users to choose default apps on iPhone and iPad, and it has been the subject of a lot of legal action around the world. Imagine our surprise, then, ...

Today, CISA urged senior government and political officials to switch to end-to-end encrypted messaging apps like Signal following a wave of telecom breaches across dozens of countries, including ...

Have you been using the new RCS format to send texts between an iPhone and an Android phone? If so, you could be exposing your messages to snooping by foreign hackers. In a news call with reporters on ...

As the digital landscape evolves, the need for privacy and data security has become paramount. This has led to an increasing trend of ephemeral messaging apps that auto-delete messages after a ...