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Product showcase: Session, a messenger without phone numbers or metadata

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Product showcase: Session, a messenger without phone numbers or metadata 2026-04-10 at 08:57 By Anamarija Pogorelec Instant messaging has been around for decades, but it became widely adopted with the emergence of smartphones. Earlier, communication was limited to basic text messages. Messaging expanded to include photos, videos, and video calls without relying on telecom networks, […]

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WhatsApp brings long-awaited privacy feature to filter who can reach you

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WhatsApp brings long-awaited privacy feature to filter who can reach you 2026-04-09 at 14:24 By Sinisa Markovic After years of waiting, WhatsApp is set to roll out a username feature that will allow people to connect and communicate without sharing their phone numbers. This means more privacy and better control over phone number visibility by

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Rakuten Viber CISO/CTO on balancing encryption, abuse prevention, and platform resilience

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Rakuten Viber CISO/CTO on balancing encryption, abuse prevention, and platform resilience 2026-01-13 at 09:01 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Liad Shnell, CISO and CTO at Rakuten Viber, discusses how messaging platforms have become critical infrastructure during crises and conflicts. He explains how it influences cybersecurity priorities, from encryption and abuse prevention

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The long conversations that reveal how scammers work

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The long conversations that reveal how scammers work 2025-11-19 at 09:08 By Sinisa Markovic Online scammers often take weeks to build trust before making a move, which makes their work hard to study. A research team from UC San Diego built a system that does the patient work of talking to scammers at scale, and

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Signal adds secure backup option for chat history

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Signal adds secure backup option for chat history 2025-09-09 at 10:52 By Anamarija Pogorelec Losing a phone can mean losing years of conversations. Signal is rolling out a new secure backup feature to help users keep their messages safe without giving up privacy. The problem with lost chats Signal has long avoided cloud backups because

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Choosing the right secure messaging app for your organization

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Choosing the right secure messaging app for your organization 2024-11-27 at 07:18 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Liad Shnell, CTO at Rakuten Viber, discusses what organizations should look for in secure messaging apps, including encryption, privacy standards, and ease of integration. Shnell also covers the need for a multi-layered approach to

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Meta introduces default end-to-end encryption for Messenger and Facebook

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Meta introduces default end-to-end encryption for Messenger and Facebook 08/12/2023 at 15:01 By Helga Labus Meta is introducing default end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for chats and calls across Messenger and Facebook, the company revealed on Wednesday. Rolling out E2EE for Messenger and Facebook E2EE ensures that messages content is only visible to the person sending the

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Unstoppable Domains launches instant messaging with XMTP

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Unstoppable Domains launches instant messaging with XMTP 23/08/2023 at 21:34 By Cointelegraph By Tom Blackstone Unstoppable Domains now allows owners of .crypto, .polygon and other Web3 usernames to send messages to each other through multiple messaging apps. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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