Telegram in SA can help you to buy booze, drugs, and sex from people in your neighbourhood

Telegram has rapidly become a light version of the dark web - with major privacy concerns.

Signal won't replace WhatsApp, people will use both, says a cofounder of one and leader of the other

"I have no desire to do all the things that WhatsApp does," Brian Acton, cofounder of he...

TikTok will make under-16s' accounts private by default to protect them from potential groomers

Tiktok, the short video app beloved by teens, changed its rules so any under-16 will have...

What to know about Signal, the secure messaging app that keeps all of your conversations private

Signal is a free messaging app that uses end-to-end encryption to keep your messages and...

Signal's downloads skyrocketed 4 200% after WhatsApp changed Facebook data terms

Signal saw 7.5 million downloads following WhatsApp's announcement, a 4200% increase on...

Singapore Covid contact tracing app can be accessed by police, govt confirms

According to the update, app data "may be used in circumstances where citizen safety and...

TikTok is facing legal action from a 12-year-old girl over the way it handles children's data

The 12-year-old can remain anonymous, as a judge in England said revealing her identity...

Apple shot back at Facebook after the social media giant reignited privacy war with full-page attack ads

Facebook claims Apple's new "App Tracking Transparency" feature harms small businesses -...