Messenger, the instant messaging app by Meta, is launching end-to-end decryption on all messages and calls by default. With end-to-end encryption, messages and calls can only be seen by the sender and the recipient. Not even Meta will be able to see encrypted messages, as per the company.
Meta is rolling out default end-to-end encryption for all calls and messages on Facebook Messenger, the company announced on Wednesday. While users have had the option to turn on end-to-end encryption since 2016, the feature will now automatically apply to all private chats and calls, Loredana Crisan, the head of Messenger, said in a blog…
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According to Meta, audio and video calling on Messenger have increased by 40 per cent since early 2020. It expanded the features available to its encrypted messaging earlier this year, adding reactions, stickers, message-specific replies and forwarding.