Russia on Thursday confirmed that it had blocked WhatsApp in the country. The Kremlin said citizens can use a state-backed messenging service instead. WhatsApp issued a statement saying Russia had ...

Simply sign up to the Russian politics myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Millions of Russians were abruptly cut off from the encrypted WhatsApp messaging service on Wednesday afternoon ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The sheriff investigating the apparent abduction of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother said Friday he was frustrated that a camera at Nancy Guthrie ‘s home wasn’t able to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. There’s a message setting on your smartphone that you’ve probably ...

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 ...

YouTube is currently testing out a direct messaging feature on the platform, which the company previously removed years ago. Credit: Valera Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Almost ...

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, ...