FACEBOOK on Friday began rolling out encryption for voice or video calls made through its Messenger texting app. The move ratchets up privacy for Messenger users but has drawn criticism from police…
End-to-end encryption is already widely used by apps including Facebook-owned WhatsApp and is becoming an industry standard.Facebook disclosed that it is testing encrypting group chats and calls on Messenger, as well as direct messages at Instagram.
"We'll also kick off a limited test with adults in certain countries that lets them opt-in to end-to-end encrypted messages and calls for one-on-one conversations on Instagram," Kricheli said. Apple's recent announcement that it would scan encrypted messages for evidence of child sexual abuse has revived debate on online encryption and privacy.The move represents a major shift for Apple, which has until recently resisted efforts to weaken its encryption that prevents third parties from seeing private messages.
Apple argued in a technical paper that the technology developed by cryptographic experts "is secure, and is expressly designed to preserve user privacy." Nonetheless, encryption and privacy specialists warned the tool could be exploited for other purposes, potentially opening a door to mass surveillance.FBI officials have warned that so-called "end to end encryption," where only the user and recipient can read messages, can protect criminals, terrorists and distributors of child sexual abuse material.
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