We cover the basics of encrypted messaging apps like Signal, explaining how to use them, and the important limits they have on securing digital communication.

Messaging apps only work when the people you want to message are on them. Signal is generally the privacy expert's choice for secure comms, but your aunt might not have it.

Signal is one of many end-to-end encrypted messaging apps that include message auto-delete functions. While such apps promise increased security and privacy, they often skirt open records laws ...

Encrypted apps like Signal offer privacy, but simple mistakes can put your data at risk. Follow these best practices to stay protected.

As recent events have shown, using an encrypted messaging app like WhatsApp or Signal is no privacy panacea.

Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg detailed a discussion that happened over the Signal messaging app hours before strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen.

Germ's new app lets users send end-to-end encrypted messages on Bluesky. TechCrunch speaks with the Germ founders to hear why they came up with the idea.

Apps like Signal, WhatsApp, Confide, Telegram and others use encryption to scramble messages so only the intended end-user can read them, and they typically aren’t stored on government servers.