Wickr Me, an Amazon-owned encrypted chat platform, stopped accepting new users after Saturday and will shut down completely on Dec. 31 of this year, the company announced. The decision, first ...

AMAZON’S encrypted chat app, Wickr, is filled with child sex abuse images and little is being done to tackle this, experts claim. Criminals are using Wickr Me, a messaging app owned by Amazon, to ...

Some big changes ahead for Wickr, the messaging app that emerged in the wake of the NSA private data leaks to offer consumers an encrypted, more secure alternative to mainstream services like Facebook ...

Doing its part to contribute to the feline takeover of the internet, the secure chat app Wickr is now relying on adorable kitties to protect your private photo posts. The company is pulling the wraps ...

Wickr Me, an encrypted messaging app owned by Amazon Web Services, has become a go-to destination for people to exchange images of child sexual abuse, according to court documents, online communities, ...

Security researchers have wanted a peek at Wickr’s code since the secure messaging app launched in 2012, and now they’re finally getting that chance. Wickr is publishing its code for Wickr ...

Wickr, a messaging app that launched in 2012, works much like Snapchat, with missives disappearing shortly after they’re read. “The difference,” says CEO Nico Sell, “is that Snapchat took [some] ...