As the threat of international cyberattacks grow, the FBI is warning of a danger that most people are probably not aware exists: texting between different brands of cell phones. Specifically, while ...

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You don't have to lose your text messages when you change phones. This guide will show you how to download your SMS messages.

The rise of online instant messaging platforms such as WhatsApp, iMessage, and Facebook Messenger has brought about several improvements and reasons to never look back to using traditional SMS. We ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. The Android additions include editing your ...

The FBI's guidelines recommended that users not send texts from iPhone to Android or vice versa because they were not securely encrypted. However, messages sent from iPhone to iPhone or Android to ...

Google Messages has improved in recent years, but it's missing something that all rival messaging platforms offer.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Updated on Dec. 3 with advice on other encrypted messaging platforms ...