Security researchers at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany have shown that they can extract photos, surfing history, and contact lists from Android smartphones, even if the phone is ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

The GSM Association promises end-to-end encryption is coming to the Rich Communication Services messaging standard, which will better protect communications between mobile devices. Now that Apple ...

Google has implemented a big security upgrade for Android users, and for once, you don't have to wait for a theoretical OS update to enjoy it. The Google Messages app now enables end-to-end encryption ...

When news broke that PRISM, a surveillance program operated by the United States National Security Agency, has been collecting the phone records, emails, and other forms of communications, there was ...

With RCS rolling out on the iPhone yesterday, Google is looking ahead on new features including cross-platform end-to-end encryption (E2EE) between Android and iPhone. The governing GSMA body says the ...

The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSMA) has said that it’s working on bringing end-to-end encryption to different messaging platforms that support the RCS protocol. Unfortunately, the ...

Plus: A nominee to lead CISA emerges, Elon Musk visits the NSA, a renowned crypto cracking firm’s secret (and problematic) cofounder is revealed, and more. On Monday, X experienced intermittent ...

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 ...