Google said Thursday it will by default encrypt data warehoused in its Cloud Storage service. The server-side encryption is now active for all new data written to Cloud Storage, and older data will be ...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has launched a new advocacy initiative directly targeting Apple, Google, and other tech ...

Hooray, another win for data privacy! Up until today, people who used the Messages by Google app for texting have been able to turn on RCS, the messaging standard that the company has adopted, to ...

One of the easiest ways to protect your privacy and security on a smartphone is to set a passcode or biometric lock to enable disk encryption. That way if your phone gets lost or stolen, no one can ...

Google launched a new beta service this week–encrypted search using SSL (secure sockets layer) to protect searches from being snooped or intercepted while traversing the Internet. Encrypted Google ...

If you haven’t had lunch yet, don’t worry, because here’s a healthy serving of acronym soup. Earlier this month, ESP, not to be confused with PPIDs, entered open beta in GAM, so feel free to rev up ...

Google has stumbled in the dark for years trying to replicate the success of the iPhone's iMessage chat app. But each attempt turned into a failure until Google embraced RCS a few years ago. Google ...

As Google explores new ways to protect its user’s privacy, here’s a look back at the 15-year-old firm’s long-term romance with encryption — pulled from last week’s lengthy report on the matter.

Google actually wants you to be more private. On Tuesday, Google announced they are creating a Chrome plug-in that will allow users to encrypt their emails in full, regardless of the recipient. In ...

How to encrypt specific sections of Google Docs with the DocSecrets add-on Your email has been sent Anyone who needs to hide away sections of text in Google Documents should give this handy add-on a ...