Komando: End-to-end encryption comes to Facebook Messenger - How to enable it

[jim bell]

Komando: End-to-end encryption comes to Facebook Messenger - How to enable it.
https://www.komando.com/security-privacy/end-to-end-encryption-facebook-messenger/824303/

End-to-end encryption comes to Facebook Messenger – Here’s how to enable it
 Charlie Fripp12 hours ago
End-to-end encryption is an important security tool to protect communications. Tap or click here to find out how to encrypt your emails and text messages.

The technology makes it harder for hackers to infiltrate conversations. Almost all chat applications, including Signal, Telegram and WhatsApp, use end-to-end encryption in some form.

Now, Facebook is finally adding end-to-end encryption to its Messenger platform. Keep reading to find out how to enable it.

Here’s the backstory

Billions of people have a profile on Facebook, and with that comes the chatting platform Messenger. It allows for private messages and phone calls between users and groups.

To boost security, Facebook recently started to roll out end-to-end encryption for Messenger. Last year, the company tested end-to-end encryption for group chats, including voice and video calls. But only a tiny portion of users was included.

Now, end-to-end encryption is available for everyone. It isn’t activated by default, though, as it rolls out on an opt-in basis. That means you must manually enable it if you want to make sure your chats are secure.

What you can do about it
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: text/html
Size: 5855 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <https://lists.cpunks.org/pipermail/cypherpunks/attachments/20220201/82205c0e/attachment.txt>