Signal is famous for good end-to-end encryption, WhatsApp is following suit. At DEFCON, two Austrians show what the messengers reveal nonetheless.

Several keys secure messages in the Signal protocol, as used by Whatsapp. Attackers can disable one of them, which is also ...

The company announced that it took down over 6.8 million WhatsApp accounts linked to criminal scam centers targeting people ...

In April 2025, messaging platform WhatsApp introduced a new feature called “advanced chat privacy”. Africa Check breaks down ...

New plans being discussed by the EU could scan and read all your private photos and messages, even on encrypted services.

The Cellular Operators Association of India has urged the government to bring OTT communication platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram under a regulatory framework. It argues that the current oversight ...

Know someone who won't use WhatsApp? Don’t want to join it yourself? The company has a new idea for guest chats that allows ...

To answer your questions on all that and more, Jamie is joined by Ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse, BBC Verify’s Olga ...

WhatsApp's Guest Chats Features will allow users to chat with people who don’t have WhatsApp installed and haven’t created an account.

The standards also allow the bots to make "statements that demean people on the basis of their protected characteristics," ...

Meta says scam hubs in Southeast Asia used forced labour and AI tools to target victims through WhatsApp group frauds ...