Facebook Messenger introduces end-to-end encryption like in WhatsApp, Telegram
Unlike WhatsApp, in Messenger users have to activate the feature for every single conversation.After the popular mobile messaging platform WhatsApp, parent company Facebook has rolled out end-to-end encryption for its Messenger users.People can toggle the "Secret Conversations" feature on in settings to enable end-to-end encryption on Messenger, technology website Engadget reported on Wednesday.
Facebook Finishes Its "Secret Conversations" Encryption Rollout to Messenger Users
Last spring WhatsApp pushed out code adding a new layer of security to a billion users' apps, creating the largest end-to-end encrypted messaging network in history.Now WhatsApp's parent company Facebook has finally given people who use its other massively popular chat app the chance to catch up.A Facebook spokesperson tells WIRED the company just finished rolling out "Secret Conversations" to all 900 million Facebook Messenger users in the past few weeks.
Facebook launches Messenger Lite
Because apparently now it's just the 'done thing' for our favourite apps to all merge into one another, Facebook is launching a "lite" version of it Messenger chat app.AKA: Whatsapp 2.0.Apparently the new version of the chat function is aimed at emerging markets, where many people use older phones that don't have enough room to store or ability to run the full-featured app due to slower internet speeds or other issues.
Facebook rolls out opt-in encryption for Messenger
Facebook is rolling out "secret conversations" for Messenger, which it first began testing back in July.These one-to-one conversations will be end-to-end encrypted and can only be read on one device.Users can choose to set a timer to control the length of time each message remains visible.
Russian Anti-Terrorism Law Encourages Security Companies To Hack WhatsApp, Skype And Facebook Messenger : Tech : iTech Post
A skype logo is seen at the Microsoft pavilion during the second day of the Mobile World Congress 2015 at the Fira Gran Via complex on March 3, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain.(Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)The recently passed Russian anti-terrorism law called the Yarovaya Law encourages the country's security companies to hack Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Skype and other messaging services.AdvertisementRussian Anti-Terrorism LawThe recently passed Russian law adopted as an anti-terrorism measure has given the country's security companies the right to crack encrypted communication services.
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