I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, password managers, private messaging apps and ad-blocking software. I also report on online scams and offer advice to families and individuals ...

The steps are also very similar on the default messaging apps of most Android ... the Messages app on your Android phone. If you don’t have it, you can download it from the Play Store.

Google Messages recently got an update that allows you to use it as a notes app. Here's why that's a bad idea, and other messaging apps that can do the job more securely.

If you’re not already using one of the best encrypted messaging ... consumer desktop software from the "Download" link at the bottom of the site's main page, and its mobile apps on the Play ...