A cybersecurity professor at the University of the Incarnate Word says anything shared in the digital world, including your texts, is vulnerable to being shared publicly.

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Trillions of text messages are sent and received via SMS-enabled devices every day, but have you ever stopped to ask, “What is SMS, exactly?” One of the oldest forms of mobile messaging, SMS messages ...

Google Messages shows check marks and other symbols on your texts to hint at what's happening behind the scenes. Here's what ...

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 ...

Imagine a workplace where your team juggles between emails, instant messages, and external SMS platforms just to stay connected. It’s not only inefficient but also prone to miscommunication and delays ...

On December 3, 1992, in Newbury, England, computer scientist Neil Papworth texted two words—“Merry Christmas”—to Richard Jarvis, a Vodafone engineering director, who was across town at a Christmas ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. The technology underpinning early mobile text messaging began development in the 1980s. The short message service (SMS) ...