Messaging app Signal is in the news, and not for anything positive. Defense Secretary and former Fox News contributor Pete Hegseth recently demonstrated how not to use a secure communications ...

Otherwise, Bitchat is a simple, no-frills messaging app. How secure is the app? Bitchat is open-source, so anyone can inspect the app's code for vulnerabilities and other issues.

However, if you use the app as intended, there are a lot of protections built into Signal to help prevent conversations from falling into the wrong hands. What is Signal, and what makes it private?

If you're new to Signal, or want to learn about the app without downloading it, here's what you need to know about the encrypted messaging app.

Top Trump administration officials used messaging app Signal to share war plans and mistakenly included a journalist in the encrypted chat, spurring calls by Democratic lawmakers for a ...

Keeping your chats secure is a good idea, but end-to-end encryption is just the beginning of the list of options to consider when picking a messaging app.