instant messaging clients
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You Can Now Hide Your IP Address During WhatsApp Calls
Even though it’s owned by the data-hungry company Meta, WhatsApp is known for its secure messaging. That’s because the app has long offered end-to-end encryption in both texting and calling, so no one other than the parties involved can access the contents of a chat. But even though your WhatsApp calls are encrypted, they aren’t…
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Google Asks Regulators to Liberate Apple’s Blue Text Bubbles
Yes, even Google appears to be tired of green texts on the iMessage app.
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How to Export All Your Photos and Videos Out of Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, and Messenger
You’ve probably got a ton of photos and videos in your social media and messaging apps at this point—pictures of sunsets posted to Instagram, pictures of the kids posted to family WhatsApp groups, and so on—but you might not necessarily have those pictures and videos saved anywhere else. That can be a problem, should something…
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Slack Drops a Big Redesign to Change How You Chat
Your work chats are going to look very different very soon. On Wednesday, Slack said it would update its interface for the first time in three years, adding new ways to quickly gauge who’s screaming for your attention across multiple channels and chats and mark conversations for followup. One of the most immediately obvious changes…