A cross-platform feature wave brings message playback to in-car systems, account creation to iPad, and PDF editing into the chat workflow, expanding convenience and the security questions that come with it.
A suspected espionage campaign aimed at Signal users shows how phishing, account abuse, and device linking can threaten a secure messenger without breaking its encryption.
A U.S. reward tied to a long-running campaign puts a sharper light on the weak point in secure messaging: identity, enrollment, and device trust.
A $10 million U.S. bounty and reported targeting of officials point to a harder truth: encrypted chats are often broken at the account layer, not the cipher layer.
“Continue On” is built for smoother cross-device continuity, but any feature that carries app activity between devices also raises new questions about trust, session control, and user verification.