Ekko, a browser extension that adds post-quantum encryption to existing messengers like Instagram, WhatsApp, Telegram Web, and Messenger, has been released as an open-source project. The extension use…
A new open-source tool called Conversation Stenography lets users hide encrypted secret messages inside innocent-looking chat text generated by a local AI model, allowing private conversations through…
Three friends in one week showed a journalist AI-built apps—an animation, a carpool app, and a storybook app—none of which will likely gain a second user. The trend, dubbed "vibe coding," mirrors the …
A developer released a hobby plugin that connects the Pi coding agent with Signal, allowing users to send Note-to-Self messages from their phone or desktop for processing and receiving replies. The pl…
LeapXpert raised $180 million in a growth round led by Riverwood Capital on June 30, 2026, to convert governed business messaging data into AI-ready intelligence for regulated enterprises. The funding…
A developer discusses using Claude AI to build a privacy-focused live location sharing service, highlighting the trade-offs between vibe-coded mobile apps and hand-coded cryptography. The conversation…
Alexander Iniguez Mercado, 20, of Chicago, was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice for allegedly deleting the Signal app from his phone after speaking with an FBI agent, hindering an inve…
A 20-year-old Chicago man, Alexander Iniguez Mercado, faces up to 20 years in federal prison for deleting the Signal messaging app after an FBI agent contacted him about an alleged plot to attack a UF…
Veilus Digital released the cryptographic core of its Phantom Chat messenger as source-available code on GitHub, allowing independent verification of its post-quantum security claims. The package incl…
Signal president Meredith Whittaker warned on June 20 that AI agents like Microsoft Copilot are surveillance infrastructure disguised as productivity tools, arguing that their access to personal data …
Signal president Meredith Whittaker warned in a Bloomberg interview that AI chatbots are not sentient and that agentic systems like Microsoft Copilot requiring access to messages, calendars, and credi…
Signal President Meredith Whittaker warned in a Bloomberg interview that AI agents like Microsoft Copilot constitute surveillance backdoors, citing their need for pervasive access to credit cards, mes…
Signal President Meredith Whittaker warned that AI chatbots are not friends or conscious beings, cautioning against treating them as sentient interlocutors. She expressed concerns about granting syste…
Signal President Meredith Whittaker warned that AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude are not friends or conscious beings, cautioning against granting them pervasive access to personal data. She critici…
A longtime skeptic of Amazon's AI efforts finds himself impressed by two new products: the Bee wearable and Quick Desktop, an enterprise AI assistant. Despite initial setup frustrations and limited co…
A user on a privacy-focused forum calls for community collaboration to create harm reduction guides for mainstream operating systems like Windows, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and Android, specifically targeti…
Frona v2026.6.0 introduces a unified human-in-the-loop pause/resume mechanism across all channels, a slash composer for invoking skills and agents, typed file tools to reduce token usage and hallucina…
Nous Research released Hermes Agent, an open-source autonomous AI agent with persistent memory, on February 2026. The agent installs on a user's server via a single command, remembers preferences and …
A security researcher has highlighted a three-month patch window in Google's Gemini voice assistant, during which attackers could hijack the tool via indirect prompt injection through apps like WhatsA…
Signal, DuckDuckGo, and other privacy-focused companies are threatening to exit the Canadian market rather than comply with Bill C-22, proposed federal legislation that would require electronic servic…