I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, password managers, private messaging apps and ad-blocking software. I also report on online scams and offer advice to families and individuals about ...

Your iPhone's Notes app can work as a private messaging tool, and most people have no idea about this. Instead of downloading another app for secret chats, you can ...

Messaging app Signal is in the news, and not for anything positive. Defense Secretary and former Fox News contributor Pete Hegseth recently demonstrated how not to use a secure communications channel ...

One app promotes itself as a way to discuss sensitive negotiations and human resources problems without leaving a digital record. Another boasts that disappearing messages “keep your message history ...

Using the Notes app on your iPhone as a messaging app is a surprisingly clever way to have a discreet conversation. You can use it to plan a surprise party for a loved one or disguise sensitive ...

With news this week of the messaging app being used to discuss war plans, we get you up to speed on what Signal should be used for—and what it shouldn’t. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our ...