Google announces end-to-end encryption for Messages, earthquake alerts and more for Android users
3 years, 6 months ago

Google announces end-to-end encryption for Messages, earthquake alerts and more for Android users

India Today  

Google on Tuesday announced a slew of new features for Android users. Some of the features include end-to-end encryption, easy access to emojis, voice access, updates to the Android Auto app which will make it easier for Android Auto users to personalise their launcher screen directly from their phone and lots more. Announcing the feature, Fiona Lee, Program Manager, Android said in a blog, “From keeping your account password safe to scheduling text messages to send at the right moment, we’re constantly rolling out new updates to the 3 billion active Android devices around the world. Today, we’re welcoming summer with six updates for your Android that focus on safety — so you’re protected at every turn.’ So let us have a look at the features Google has announced End-to-end encryption for Messages: Google announced that Messages will now be end-to-end encrypted. As per the blog, “Contextual Emoji Kitchen suggestions are available in Gboard beta today and are coming to all Gboard users this summer for messages written in English, Spanish and Portuguese on devices running Android 6.0 and above.

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Google faces flak for claiming that all text sent via Google Messages are end-to-end encrypted
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Google faces flak for claiming that all text sent via Google Messages are end-to-end encrypted

India Today  

Google is facing backlash for allegedly misleading users about the encryption capabilities of its messaging app, Google Messages. While the app offers end-to-end encryption for some conversations, its marketing materials, including those on the Google Play Store, suggest a more robust and comprehensive level of security than is actually available. However, RCS in its default state lacks encryption, making it …

Elon Musk announces Twitter encrypted direct messages; voice and video chat coming soon
1 year, 7 months ago

Elon Musk announces Twitter encrypted direct messages; voice and video chat coming soon

The Hindu  

Elon Musk has announced several new features that users of the latest Twitter app will be able to experience, including the first version of encrypted direct messages, and voice/video chat. Encrypted direct messages are slated for release on Thursday and Musk promised they would improve “rapidly.” “The acid test is that I could not see your DMs even if there …

Google Brings End-To-End Encryption For Group Chats In Beta: All Details
1 year, 11 months ago

Google Brings End-To-End Encryption For Group Chats In Beta: All Details

News 18  

Google Messages app is now getting end-to-encryption for groups chats as well. The new security feature is coming to the Open beta version as confirmed by Google this week, but as you would know, Messages via RCS only work on Android, as Apple continues to stay away from the messaging standard, and Google has been trying hard to get the …

EXPLAINED | Can Twitter DMs Be Hacked And Do We Need Encryption For Them
2 years, 7 months ago

EXPLAINED | Can Twitter DMs Be Hacked And Do We Need Encryption For Them

ABP News  

New Delhi: Social media platforms are vulnerable to hacking and cyber-attacks and Twitter is no exception, and perhaps that's why tech billionaire Elon Musk, who recently bought the micro-blogging platform, has suggested that Twitter DMs should be end-to-end-encrypted so that the conversations can't be snooped upon. Whether Twitter DMs should be encrypted, has been a matter of debate with the …

Facebook Rolls Out End-to-End Encryption On Messenger Voice and Video Calls
3 years, 4 months ago

Facebook Rolls Out End-to-End Encryption On Messenger Voice and Video Calls

News 18  

Facebook had earlier this month said that it will roll out end-to-end encryption on Facebook Messenger and Instagram DMs will soon get end-to-end encryption, in a bid to improve security on the said platforms. “We’ll also kick off a limited test with adults in certain countries that lets them opt-in to end-to-end encrypted messages and calls for one-on-one conversations on …

Earthquake Alerts, Better Voice Detection & More: Android Users Getting These New Features This Summer
3 years, 6 months ago

Earthquake Alerts, Better Voice Detection & More: Android Users Getting These New Features This Summer

News 18  

Google last month announced its next version of its mobile operating system, Android 12 during the Google I/O conference. Now, Google has announced six new features that will be coming to all Android users this summer. The new features include an earthquake alert, the ability to star messages on Google?s Messages app, improvements to voice control, improved password input, and …

WhatsApp Multi-Device End to End Encryption to Launch in Coming Months: Report
3 years, 6 months ago

WhatsApp Multi-Device End to End Encryption to Launch in Coming Months: Report

News 18  

WhatsApp is seemingly set to get end to end encryption for multiple devices as well, according to a recent post by WABetaInfo. The most popular instant messaging communication app in the world has held steadfast by insisting that end to end encryption is an industry standard practice that makes it secure from start to finish, and now, the feature may …

Facebook Messenger, Instagram DMs to Get End-to-End Encryption Sometime in 2022, Facebook Says
3 years, 7 months ago

Facebook Messenger, Instagram DMs to Get End-to-End Encryption Sometime in 2022, Facebook Says

News 18  

Social Media giant Facebook has announced that its chats on Messenger and Instagram Direct will be end-to-end encrypted by default by 2022. We’re also working hard to bring default end-to-end encryption to all of our messaging services,” Facebook said in a blog post. Facebook also said that the safety features it has already introduced are designed to work with end-to-end …

Hacker Lexicon: What Is the Signal Encryption Protocol?
4 years ago

Hacker Lexicon: What Is the Signal Encryption Protocol?

Wired  

Last week, with little fanfare, Google announced a change that could soon make its 2 billion Android users worldwide far harder to surveil: The tech giant says it's rolling out a beta version of its Android messaging app that will now use end-to-end encryption by default. You might already know Signal thanks to the popular end-to-end encrypted text messaging app …

Google Messages Beta Testers Getting End-to-End Encryption for RCS Messages
4 years, 1 month ago

Google Messages Beta Testers Getting End-to-End Encryption for RCS Messages

News 18  

Google has started offering Rich Communication Service messaging to everyone using its Messages app across the world. RCS can be used regardless of your phone or carrier, with the only condition being that the person whom a user is communicating with must have ‘Chats’ active within the Google Messages app. Apart from the global rollout, Google also announced that end-to-end …

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