The move is part of an effort to make the app more like WhatsApp and iMessage. Law enforcement authorities say the privacy makes it harder to track criminals. By Mike Isaac and Michael H. Keller Mike ...
Users of Meta’s Facebook and Messenger apps will now automatically gain the protections of end-to-end encryption, a major boost to security and privacy, the company said Wednesday. The ...
Meta is rolling out end-to-end encryption for calls and messages across its Facebook and Messenger platforms, the company announced Thursday. Such encryption means that no one other than the sender ...
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that private messages on X, formerly Twitter, are not encrypted by default, after taking a jab at Meta Platforms Inc.’s (NASDAQ:META) WhatsApp, branding it ...
Meta has long been working on end-to-end encryption for its messaging products, but so far, only WhatsApp has switched on the privacy feature by default. In its latest update about its efforts, Meta ...
Since the 1990s, governments around the world have often used the welfare of children as an excuse for all kinds of internet policy overreach: encryption backdoors, centralized censorship mechanisms, ...
The new additions could make E2E more accessible, but policy questions and political debates mean encryption by default is at least a year away. Reading time 2 minutes Meta is making it more difficult ...
Meta has started enabling end-to-end encryption (E2EE) by default for chats and calls on Messenger and Facebook despite protests from the FBI and other law enforcement agencies that oppose the ...
Meta has rolled out new encryption technology for direct messages on Facebook and Instagram — despite protests from former employees who say the move has made it more difficult to track down online ...