The best way to secure your data is to use end-to-end encryption apps like Signal and WhatsApp, officials advised Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor ...

Trillions of text messages are sent and received via SMS-enabled devices every day, but have you ever stopped to ask, “What is SMS, exactly?” One of the oldest forms of mobile messaging, SMS messages ...

The FBI is warning phone users to encrypt their text messages, especially if you send messages between Apple and Android users. The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ...

In the past few months, people have probably seen the acronym "RCS" pop up in their messages while texting. It allows rich media features to be shared between iPhone and Android users, like seeing ...

There are many reasons for wanting to print out a text message. Maybe someone sent you some exciting news via SMS, and you'd like to print it out and pin it on your bulletin board. Or maybe someone ...

Q: The FBI warning about text messaging has me a bit confused. I’m not a government worker, so what exactly is the risk for me? A: The recent discovery that state-sponsored Chinese hackers had ...

Ever wondered why your text messages sometimes fail to send, show up pixelated or don’t appear at all on the other person’s end? It might not be your phone, but your carrier’s messaging support.

Cianna Garrison is an evergreen writer for Android Police who's written about everything from food to the latest iPhones and earbuds. Her work has appeared in Elite Daily, How-To Geek, and Reader's ...

AT&T says hackers stole 2022 data of “nearly all” of its cellular customers from the company's workspace on a third-party cloud platform. The Dallas-based telecommunications company announced the ...

Given all of the bells and whistles that come with smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, it's easy to forget that, at their core, these devices are designed for communication. As people have ...