When RCS messaging became available on the iPhone with the rollout of iOS 18, the technical director of the GSM Association teased that the next major milestone for the messaging standard is the ...

WhatsApp is vehemently denying claims made in a new class-action lawsuit that it can access users' private messages, labeling the suit "categorically false and absurd" ...

The complaint, lodged on January 23 in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, alleges that Meta and WhatsApp store, ...

The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco alleges that Meta can "store, analyze, and access virtually all ...

An international group of plaintiffs is suing Meta, alleging that WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption isn't actually private.

A lawsuit alleges WhatsApp may expose more data than people realize. We compare Signal, iMessage, Google Messages, and RCS as ...

The recent bombshell lawsuit filed in San Francisco has sent ripples through the tech world, fueled by whistleblower claims ...

That’s why the FBI warning was echoed a few weeks ago by the U.S. cyber defense agency, telling smartphone users to “ only use end-to-end encrypted communications ,” and warning iPhone users to ...

Apple joined the RCS bandwagon last year, giving its users the ability to exchange rich text messages with their Android counterparts. The only problem? Those messages are not encrypted, exposing them ...

Apple’s iOS 26.3 update is shaping up to be far more significant than a routine software refresh. While earlier versions of iOS introduced RCS support.

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Apple says it will add support for a new Rich Communication Services (RCS) specification that includes end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for messages sent over the protocol in future software updates. "End ...