In a bid to improve messaging security, Google has announced that the Key Verifier function will be coming to Android. This function will ensure that contact credentials are legitimate. Scam messages ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Although there’s no doubt that Android 16 is a step up in ...

Key Verifier, a feature meant to confirm messages are coming from the person you think they are, is now live in Google Messages. The tool generates per-device QR codes that you and your contacts can ...

Apple’s Messages app got a bunch of new features in iOS 26, including a ‘Screen Unknown Senders’ option meant to eliminate spam texts. My initial experience with the feature wasn’t great, but tweaking ...