Telegram Goes Nuclear With New Message Deletion Feature
Messaging apps increasingly allow for some form of implicit privacy. But a backlog of sometimes years-old chats can…
Florida Police Make Arrest in Alleged Multi-State SIM Card Hijacking Ring
Florida police made an arrest last month in an alleged “SIM-jacking” ring, with court documents claiming the scammers…
Paul Manafort Learns That Encrypting Messages Doesn't Matter If the Feds Have a Warrant to Search Your iCloud Account
Federal prosecutors have accused Paul Manafort of witness tampering, alleging that he used WhatsApp and Telegram in an…
Telegram CEO Says Apple Has Stopped Blocking Updates Amid Struggle With Russian Authorities
Apple has apparently relented and let encrypted text and voice service Telegram proceed with an update to make its app…
Telegram CEO Says Apple Is Blocking Updates as Russia Tries to Ban the Messaging App
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov took to the encrypted messaging app today to explain why certain Telegram features aren’t…
Digital Rights Groups Ask Congress for Help as Russia Ramps up Its War on Telegram
It’s been a few weeks since a Russian court ordered ISPs to block encrypted messaging service Telegram—and the country…
Telegram: Actually, We've Raised So Much Money That Our Big Public ICO Won't Be Happening
Encrypted messaging app Telegram has already raised such a mind-boggling amount of cash from private investors that…
Amazon Bends the Knee to Autocrats, Threatens to Cut Off Signal for Using Anti-Censorship Technique
Telegram has been putting up an impressive fight against the governments of Russia and Iran in high-profile efforts to…
Russia Is Still Trashing Its Internet Two Weeks Into Its Failed Rampage Against Telegram
Since Russia banned the Telegram messaging app, the government has embarked on a campaign of hitting itself in the…
Iran's Ayatollah-Approved Messaging App Includes a 'Death to Freemasons' Emoji
Iranian government officials see the popular messaging app Telegram as a vehicle for anti-establishment dissent and…
Russia Blocks Millions of Amazon and Google IPs in Bungled Attempt to Ban Telegram
The Russian government ordered the Telegram messaging app be banned last week due to its failure to turn over…
Russia Orders ISPs to Block Telegram, Founder Gets Crafty
On Friday a court ruled that Telegram should be blocked inside Russia due to its failure to turn over its encryption…
Porn, Scams, and Terrorists: Which ‘Inappropriate Content’ Got Telegram Kicked Off Apple’s App Store? (Updated)
Telegram, the encrypted chat app that’s been known as the communication tool of choice for peaceful protestors and jihad…
Iran Moves to Block Social Media Apps, Mobile Networks as Protests Spread
The government of Iran has shut down mobile internet access and blocked apps including Telegram and Instagram after…
Some Hackers Figured Out How to Take Control of Any WhatsApp Account
Security researchers just announced the discovery of major vulnerabilities in WhatsApp and Telegram, two popular…
Why You Should Stop Using Telegram Right Now
Telegram, the supposedly secure messaging app, has over 100 million users. You might even be one of them. If you are,…
The Best and Worst Encrypted Messaging Apps
There’s never been a better time to start encrypting your texts and phone calls. Hackers are breaking into more…
Eastern Telegraph's Vast Network of Undersea Cables, Circa 1901
The year Queen Victoria died and Emperor Hirohito was born, there already existed a globe-spanning network of…