WhatsApp's beta for Android adds a passkey feature to let users secure on-device backups with passkeys, stored in password ...

Since Android 10, all new devices use file-based encryption. For older devices on an older OS, you might have optional encryption, but it isn't enabled by default.

WhatsApp has implemented end-to-end encryption for Android backups, marking a significant enhancement to the security of users’ chat backups stored outside the messaging application. The feature, ...

Furthermore, because Android manufacturers can digitally sign and flash TrustZone images to any device, they can comply with law enforcement requests to break Android full-disk encryption.

However, between an Android device and an iPhone, there currently is no encryption. The industry is at least telling us that they are working on it.

It looks like end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages on iPhones might be arriving sooner than expected. Code spotted in early iOS 26 betas suggests Apple is already testing the secure protocols ...

OS 26 could finally bring end-to-end encryption to RCS, securing conversations between iPhone and Android users with the MLS protocol.

Google is stepping up and mandating full disk encryption in Marshmallow (again). This time, we hope the feature sticks.

CTIA Device of the Day: Galaxy Tabs feature device-level encryption, a first for any Android device, and Samsung, unlike Apple, had the enterprise in mind when developing its tablets.