#Encryption
Google Messages Gets Five New Security Features
Published: October 23, 2024
Google has announced five new security features for Google Messages. They are designed to protect users from scams, suspicious links, unwanted content, and impersonation – ensuring a safer messaging experience for everyone. Let’s dive deeper. 1. Easily Spot Scam Messages Now Google Messages has better scam detection capabilities to protect you from suspicious messages. This […]
Finding the Best Android Private Messaging App: We Have a Clear Winner
Published: October 15, 2024
These days, privacy feels more like a rare privilege. If keeping your chats truly private matters to you, choosing the right messaging app is important. But with every app touting end-to-end encryption and next-level privacy, it’s tough to separate reality from marketing jargon. So, we rolled up our sleeves to find out which is the […]
Google Contacts Will Soon Help Manage Encryption: Here’s How
Published: October 13, 2024
End-to-end encryption (E2EE) helps keep messages private by ensuring that only you and the person you’re chatting with can read them. However, it can be challenging for users to verify whether their conversations are encrypted in every messaging app. Google is introducing a new way to make this verification easier and less repetitive, using Google […]
Discord Releases DAVE: End-to-End Encryption for Audio/Video Calls
Published: September 19, 2024
Discord has just rolled out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for audio and video calls for its users. They are calling this DAVE, but what does that mean for you, how does it work, and how does it improve your experience? Let’s break it down in simple terms. What is End-to-End Encryption? End-to-end encryption (E2EE) is like […]
The Truth About Telegram: Privacy, Security, and Arrest
Published: August 26, 2024
Pavel Durov, the founder of the popular messaging app, Telegram was recently arrested the moment he stepped out of his private jet by French police. But why? Is it because Telegram is too secure and private for the governments to keep an eye on the user base or because allegedly, there are illegal activities taking […]
How to Enable End-To-End Encryption on Instagram
Updated: October 18, 2023
People doing business on Instagram share sensitive information like orders, transactions, and even bank account details via direct messages. There are text messages, photos, and videos that are private and intended only for the recipient. Unlike Meta’s other social media platforms, messages are not end-to-end encrypted on Instagram by default, making your valuable information vulnerable. […]
3 Ways to Disable and Suspend BitLocker on Windows 10/11
Published: May 20, 2023
BitLocker can act meddlesome at times. Especially, when you try to update Windows 10/11 or make changes to the data on the encrypted drive. But is it possible to suspend BitLocker protection so it doesn’t get in your way? Yes, you can suspend and even completely disable BitLocker on Windows 10/11. But what’s the difference? […]
How to Find BitLocker Recovery Key on Windows 11
Published: May 15, 2023
Windows automatically enables BitLocker when you sign in with a Microsoft or Azure Active Directory account. But what is the BitLocker recovery key and where is it stored? We will address all these queries in this post and help you find and back up your BitLocker recovery key on Windows 11. Let’s begin. Why Do […]
10 Best USB Encryption Software to Lock Your Flash Drive (2020)
Updated: November 28, 2020
USB peripherals and USB Devices are around for more than a decade and nothing much has changed when it comes to the basic protocols. People still use it, the reason being, USB storage devices are so minuscule and portable. But at the same time, what we don’t realize is the perils of losing our data. […]
Wire vs Signal: Which Privacy App Should You Use
Updated: October 16, 2021
Wire and Signal, both are popular messaging apps with a primary focus on user safety and privacy. Signal has been recommended by none other than Edward Snowden, the popular whistleblower who exposed NSA. But what makes Signal so special and how does it compare with Wire, another app that is making in-roads into the corporate […]
How to Lock a Folder in Windows 10
Updated: October 16, 2021
While most smartphones come with app lockers and fingerprint scanners, they are still not so common among laptops and computers. So, how do you protect important files and folders from prying eyes? By using folder locking apps on Windows 10, that’s how. But then the question is which one do you use? If you think […]
How to Send Private Message on WhatsApp Using Oversec
Updated: October 10, 2021
All the major messaging services like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, etc use end to end encryption. Meaning only you and the other person you’re communicating with can read what’s sent. Nobody in the between including the messaging service can decipher your message. But what if someone gets a hold of your phone and reads your […]
How to Encrypt USB Drive Using VeraCrypt
Updated: October 16, 2021
To carry information and data from one place to another, we generally use USB drives due to their flexibility and ease of use. One of the biggest problems with USB drives is that they a pretty small and easy to lose or forget in public places like coffee shops. Though this is not a big […]