Published on: 2025-05-02 11:00:10
Key points: A cross between a messaging app and a messaging board May collect your data Only secret chats are end-to-end encrypted Offers paid tier for more features Telegram doesn't offer as robust privacy features as Signal, but it does have a few features that might make the app appealing to some folks. Telegram is a cloud-based messaging service, and it stores data it needs to function. Telegram also writes that it collects and stores some of your metadata, like IP addresses. The compa
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-04 19:30:00
Tom Linnemann considered himself a Twitter loyalist until fairly recently. “It was the greatest invention in the world,” he says of the platform, reminiscing on its golden years, which he pinpoints from 2012 to about 2016. “You cast a wide net and found people as crazy as you were.” His experience finally soured when Elon Musk bought the company in 2022, later rebranding it X—“there was this inundation of bullshit”—and Linnemann, a toy executive who splits his time between Toronto and Los Angel
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-05 23:27:52
Meta has been working on a new privacy feature for WhatsApp, which will enable “advanced privacy” for chats. With the feature, users will have the option to further protect sensitive messages. WhatsApp adding new privacy feature for individual and group chats As reported by WABetaInfo, the new privacy feature is currently hidden in the latest beta of WhatsApp for iOS available on TestFlight. Advanced Chat Privacy adds a “new layer of privacy and security to chats,” making it harder for other p
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-11 03:10:01
is a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020. WhatsApp is testing a new “advanced chat privacy” option that lets you control whether others you’re chatting with can easily export your chats or automatically save media you send them, reports WABetaInfo. The feature appeared in a recent app beta on iOS, and WABetaInfo spotted the toggle in an Android beta on Friday as well. The new advanced chat privac
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Mike Waltz is a chatty guy. The national security adviser to Donald Trump who accidentally added The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg to a group chat about an attack on Yemen actually has quite a few group chats going, according to Politico. He and his team have reportedly set up at least 20 chats meant to coordinate actions in different different regions across the world. Politico, citing people who have been added to the group chats (no word on if they were added intentionally or not
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This week, we learned that even government officials are addicted to their group chats — except with the Trump administration those chats include war plans and potentially classified information. In this episode, we dive into the sheer recklessness and stupidity of Signalgate. And speaking of reckless, we also discuss 23andMe's bankruptcy and the privacy concerns around selling off customer DNA data. Listen below or subscribe on your podcast app of choice. If you've got suggestions or topics yo
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Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Group chats on Google Messages might soon support “Mentions”. The feature is already available on messaging apps like WhatsApp and Telegram, allowing users to tag TL;DR 3 Google Messages is constantly working to improve the texting experience for its users, and we’ve found hints of another upcoming feature that could make group chats much more convenient on the platform. Authority Insights story on Android Authority. Discover You're reading anstory
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GK Hart/Vikki Hart/Getty Images I've been a fan of DuckDuckGo for a long time. I find the search engine to be far more trustworthy than Google and I do enjoy my privacy. But when I heard that the company was dipping its webbed feet into the AI waters, my initial reaction was a roll of the eyes. Then I gave Duck.ai a go -- and was immediately impressed. (DuckDuck Go's AI features launched in June 2024 and came out of beta last week.) Also: How to use ChatGPT to write code - and my favorite tri
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It seems that Instagram is working on a “community chat” feature that allows people to organize groups of up to 250 people in the app. The so-far unreleased feature was spotted by developer Alessandro Paluzzi, who has a solid track record of uncovering new features within Meta’s apps. According to screenshots shared by Paluzzi, it seems that community chats will function similarly to Discord. Individual users can form the chats around specific topics and control who can join, though there’s app
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After more than 21 years, Skype will soon be no more. Last night, some users (including Ars readers) poked around in the latest Skype preview update and noticed as-yet-unsurfaced text that read "Starting in May, Skype will no longer be available. Continue your calls and chats in Teams." This morning, Microsoft has confirmed to Ars that it's true. May 5, 2025, will mark the end of Skype's long run. Alongside the verification that the end is nigh, Microsoft shared a bunch of details about how it
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-10 01:42:56
Microsoft is officially getting rid of Skype as of May 5 and encouraging its users to pick Teams once and for all. In its announcement, the company stated that the move will allow it to "streamline our free consumer communications offerings so we can more easily adapt to customer needs." Microsoft is also far from subtle in its push for Teams and included step-by-step instructions for migrating over. All users need to do is log in with their Skype credentials and their chats and contacts should
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-10 01:00:56
After more than 21 years, Skype will soon be no more. Last night, some users (including Ars readers) poked around in the latest Skype preview update and noticed as-yet-unsurfaced text that read "Starting in May, Skype will no longer be available. Continue your calls and chats in Teams." This morning, Microsoft has confirmed to Ars that it's true. May 5, 2025, will mark the end of Skype's long run. Alongside the verification that the end is nigh, Microsoft shared a bunch of details about how it
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