Two types of technologies could change the privacy afforded in encrypted messages, and changes to this space could impact all of us. This article is from The Technocrat, MIT Technology Review's weekly ...

Meta has confirmed it will end end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) chats on Instagram in May 2026, a move that could reshape ...

The future is encrypted. Real-time, encrypted chat apps like Signal and WhatsApp, and messaging apps like Telegram, WeChat, and Messenger—used by two out of five people worldwide—help safeguard ...

Every time you send a text, pay for groceries with your phone, or use your health site, you are relying on encryption.

Quantum computers stand a good chance of changing the face computing, and that goes double for encryption. For encryption methods that rely on the fact that brute-forcing the key takes too long with ...

What you need to know to protect your messages Beyond Meta’s suite of apps, it can be hard to keep straight the level of encryption provided by popular messaging services. Twitter does not encrypt ...

Instagram's End-to-End Encryption Policy Change Instagram will discontinue end-to-end encrypted messaging on May 8, 2026. The change means Meta will be able to access message cont ...

The recent bombshell lawsuit filed in San Francisco has sent ripples through the tech world, fueled by whistleblower claims that Meta’s “end-to-end encryption” might have a secret backdoor. While Meta ...

The Trump administration is pressuring the tech industry to give law enforcement a way to access encrypted communications. Super secure, end-to-end encryption has been spreading into everyday online ...