Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Russia is cracking down on U.S. technology. WhatsApp is being phased ...

Authoritarian governments don’t like their citizens being able to have private conversations using end-to-end encrypted messaging apps. This is the reason Russia has just banned FaceTime, but it was ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Once these dominoes start to topple, there will be no going back.

Meta's new AI-powered Ray-Bans can't send iMessages due to Apple's API restrictions. Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth blamed Apple for that.

Singapore has directed Google and Apple to curb government-agency spoofing on Messages and iMessage after scammers used fake “gov.sg” identities to target users. Both companies have agreed to ...