China's top messaging app WeChat banned from Hong Kong government computers
Google and WhatsApp also binned, which is far easier to explain than canning a local hero
Security24 Oct 2024 | 14
Messaging
Telegram will now hand over IP addresses, phone numbers of suspects to cops
Maybe a spell in a French cell changed Durov's mind
Personal Tech23 Sep 2024 | 36
Disney kicks Slack to the curb, looks to Microsoft Teams for a happily ever after
Updated Definitely not punishment for someone leaking internal data
Applications20 Sep 2024 | 43
Telegram CEO was 'too free' on content moderation, says Russian minister
CEO Pavel Durov charged in France, messaging platform insists it abides by EU laws
Security02 Sep 2024 | 20
Telegram founder and CEO arrested in France
Rumors swirl that lack of content moderation has angered authorities
Personal Tech26 Aug 2024 | 194
Desperately seeking ICQ? It may shut down, but Nina could resurrect it
Multiple folks are working on FOSS servers for classic messaging apps
Applications31 May 2024 | 6
EU probes Telegram, because size matters for regulators
Russian info slinger could be on the hook for posting disinformation
Personal Tech28 May 2024 | 18
Venerable ICQ messaging service to end operations in June
Suggested heir is Putin-approved and hard to download outside Russia
Personal Tech27 May 2024 | 51
Telegram CEO calls out rival Signal, claiming it has ties to US government
Drama between two of the leading secure messaging services
Applications14 May 2024 | 25
Telegram eyes IPO as user numbers close in on 1 billion
Chat app chaps may even turn a profit this year
Networks12 Mar 2024 | 23
Twitter adds new DM features, and Musk claims encryption is here, starting today
Updated We'll believe our DMs are secure when someone provides proof, thanks
Security10 May 2023 | 18
German Digital Affairs Committee hearing heaps scorn on Chat Control
Proposal to break encryption to scan messages for abuse material challenged as illegal and unworkable
Security03 Mar 2023 | 22
Patients wrongly told they've got cancer in SMS snafu
We wish you a very merry chemo and a happy new year
Personal Tech03 Jan 2023 | 57
DoJ worries messaging apps could hide evidence of crime, corruption
Record keeping rules might need a tweak to ensure content is preserved
Software02 Dec 2022 | 15
What's up with WhatsApp? Messaging platform suffers outage in the UK
Updated Massive spike in user reports on DownDetector, no word on cause
Off-Prem25 Oct 2022 | 28
Financial watchdogs want to know what traders are talking about on WhatsApp
Keen interest in messaging platform follows $2 billion fines in US
Security13 Oct 2022 | 28
Discord details how it dodged latency with a super-disk made in the cloud
For when a GCP Local SSD is just not quite reliable enough
Systems16 Aug 2022 | 11
Google tells Apple to 'fix text messaging' in bid to promote RCS protocol
iMessage talks to Android users via outdated SMS/MMS, ad giant complains
Software10 Aug 2022 | 93
You'll soon be able to ghost a WhatsApp group without making everyone hate you
Well, until they find out that you've left, but at least they won't be immediately notified of your every move
Offbeat10 Aug 2022 | 25
Slack leaked hashed passwords from its servers for years
Users who created shared invitation links for their workspace had login details slip out among encrypted traffic
Security08 Aug 2022 | 10
How cybercrims embrace messaging apps to spread malware, communicate
Underground forums are so last year. Telegram, Discord offer better privacy, functionality to criminals, says Intel 471
Security02 Aug 2022 | 4
Slack to increase prices for Pro customers
Freebie users to get 90 days of message history and file storage
SaaS19 Jul 2022 | 12
60 million in the Matrix as users seek decentralized messaging
Slacked off and fed up with Teams? Want to escape the clutches of big tech? Element thinks so
Networks15 Jul 2022 | 42
That emoji may not mean what you think it means
Sometimes an eggplant really is just an eggplant
Personal Tech14 Jul 2022 | 139
Thunderbird 102 gets a major facelift, Matrix chat support
Mozilla's messaging client appears to have benefited from sponsor shakeup
Applications30 Jun 2022 | 43
Hangouts hangs up: Google chat app shuts this year
How many messaging services does this web giant need? It's gotta be over 9,000
Personal Tech28 Jun 2022 | 17
Telegram adds paid tier as it cracks 700 million users
Without so much as a mention of encryption, but with a pastel-hued emoji-heavy nod to ‘sustainable monetization’
Applications20 Jun 2022 | 7
Telegram criticizes Apple for 'intentionally crippling' web app features on iOS
Native code or nothing thanks to Safari's approach to web apps
Personal Tech14 Jun 2022 | 25
Meta to squeeze money from WhatsApp with Cloud API for businesses
How to make a free messaging platform bought for $22 billion profitable
Applications20 May 2022 | 30
Signal CEO Moxie Marlinspike resigns, leaves WhatsApp co-founder to run things until a successor is named
Departure comes as app courts controversy by integrating private cryptocurrency scheme
Security11 Jan 2022 | 62
A proposal to beat below-the-belt selfies: Crowdsourced machine learning using victims' image stashes
Column Empty your inboxes, people, we can duck this problem together
Bootnotes22 Dec 2021 | 77
Japan draws a LINE: web giants must reveal where they store user data
Looks a lot like a response to messaging services passing data through China
Security16 Dec 2021 | 4
Oz Feds reveal distribution model behind backdoored 'An0m' chat app spread by crims
Resellers were given exclusive territories to target, and offered tech support
Security09 Dec 2021 | 7
Indian government committee slams 'gross misuse' of internet shutdowns – even in Kashmir
Officials use them for mundane matters, not big emergencies as laws intend
Legal07 Dec 2021 | 5
WhatsApp's got your back(ups) with encryption for stored messages
Global messaging giant extends security and privacy to Google Drive and Apple iCloud
Security14 Oct 2021 | 6
IBM email fiasco complicates sales deals, is worse than biz is letting on – sources
Unreliable messaging interferes with contract completion, we're told, as Slack channels flooded with memes
Software01 Jul 2021 | 60
Signal goes Gaussian to take privacy to the next level: All your faces don't belong to us
Blur tool brings privacy protection to images, in these troubled times
Security05 Jun 2020 | 16
Kiss my ASCII, Microsoft – we've got one million fewer daily active users than you, boasts Slack
Redmond's bundled group chat app draws fire from Slackville
Software11 Oct 2019 | 73
Wickr gets slicker with fresh network tricker: Privacy-protecting domain fronting alternative emerges
Secure messaging maker courts biz comms gigs with Psiphon's help
Security23 Aug 2018 | 2
France building encrypted messaging app for politicians
Yes, this is the same France that wants not-backdoors for the rest of us
Legal17 Apr 2018 | 53
Russian regulator asks courts to disconnect Telegram
It’ll be do svidaniya to secure messaging app if Roskomnadzor succeeds
Legal09 Apr 2018 | 37
What took you so long, BlackBerry? Facebook BBM suit is way overdue
Analysis Legal eagles knock heads for IP battle
On-Prem07 Mar 2018 | 20
Slack apologises to Europe for TITSUP* services
Productivity melts, economy dives... actually, neither is true
Software16 Nov 2017 | 10
Keybase Git gets keys, basically: Secure chat app encrypts your repos
Security blanket for the paranoid among us (OK, all of us reading this)
Devops05 Oct 2017 | 4
Microsoft boasted it had rebuilt Skype 'from the ground up'. Instead, it should have buried it
Users slam attempt to infuse app with social media magic
Software05 Jul 2017 | 238
Telegram chat app founder claims Feds offered backdoor bribe
Pavel Durov flings Twitter dooky at rivals Signal, says US govt funds their encryption
Security14 Jun 2017 | 60
Please don't call them Facebook chatbots, says Facebook's bot boss
F8 2017 That whole conversation-as-a-UI thing was just a big misunderstanding
AI + ML19 Apr 2017 | 21
Messaging app used by Trump aides 'riddled with security bugs'
Devs patch after researchers Confide in them about encrypted app's issues
Security08 Mar 2017 | 18
Sneaky chat app Signal deploys decoy domains to deny despots
Reasonably secure messenger has, for now, outwitted those who would block it
Security23 Dec 2016 | 36
The Rosetta Stone of chatbot APIs: Upstart touts software bridge
If you want to build code for lots of platforms, don't shoot the Message.io
Science03 Nov 2016 | 1
Chat app Telegram's meltdown today was literal – its data center cooling failed
Messaging conked out in North and Latin America
On-Prem13 Oct 2016 | 6
Google's Allo chat app hits a downside to AI: Bot must hoard private messages to train itself
Stay in incognito mode to get secure texting
AI + ML22 Sep 2016 | 16
Oh snap! Facebook zaps crap yap gap in web chat, natter app flap
Bug would have allowed miscreants to rewrite messages
Security08 Jun 2016 | 5
Twitter expands beyond 140 characters
Photos and @username references won't be part of sending limit
Legal24 May 2016 | 32
Keep snapping selfies, says Snapchat: Cops NEVER ask us for 'em
Self-destructing pic app reports pittance of gov't requests
SaaS03 Apr 2015 | 8
When will ROBOTS start chatting on WhatsApp? Don't hold your breath, says co-founder
F8 2015 Gab service has 'no plans' for developer APIs
SaaS26 Mar 2015 | 3
Twitter hints at messaging moves
WhatsApp with this plan? Facebook's $19b cash dangle, perhaps?
Networks22 Jul 2014 | 7
Slingshot: Facebook unwraps chat app to splat Snapchat brats
Self-destructing me-too natterware reconstructs self
Software17 Jun 2014 | 7
Play.com tech titan snaps up 'VoIP-tastic WhatsApp' firm Viber
Rakuten acquires app for $900m in cold hard cash
Software14 Feb 2014 | 12
Undeterred by Snapchat's snafus, upstart Confide punts self-destruct selfies
Burn after reading, or get burnt when someone douses the fuse
Software09 Jan 2014 | 7
Facebook bots grope our 'privates', and every wronged user should get $10,000 – lawsuit claims
Allegations over message scanning 'without merit'
Networks03 Jan 2014 | 30
Self-destructing selfies? Not so fast! Snapchat now offers one-time Replay
'Sorry, I couldn't see – er – HEAR you the first time'
Software23 Dec 2013 | 15
Biting the hand that feeds IT
