Using this framework, the researchers extracted more than 100 million phone numbers per hour “without encountering blocking ...

By plugging tens of billions of phone numbers into WhatsApp’s contact discovery tool, researchers found “the most extensive ...

Meta has started allowing WhatsApp users to gradually detach the instant messaging platform from its smartphone apps and allow it to function independently. Users will now be able to use WhatsApp ...

Giving up your personal phone number to telemarketers or during transactions on Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist isn't ideal. Instead of divulging private details to people you don't know, you can ...

In October 2021, an assistant U.S. attorney issued a subpoena to Signal demanding that the messaging app hand over information about one of its users. Based on a phone number, the federal prosecutors ...

No More Phone Number Swaps: Signal Messaging App Now Testing Usernames Offering usernames will allow people to stop giving out their phone number —a sensitive piece of information— in order to connect ...

Although there's a pretty good chance you already have a phone number on your smartphone, your primary number assigned by your carrier isn't your only option for calling and texting. There are ...