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WhatsApp Has a Secure Fix for One of Its Biggest Drawbacks

The ubiquitous end-to-end encrypted messaging service WhatsApp melds security and convenience for 2 billion people around the world. Using WhatsApp across devices wouldn't be any trouble if your data lived on WhatsApp's servers. “As we enter the multi-device era, guaranteeing that the security of WhatsApp remains bulletproof is the team’s largest concern,” says Scott Ryder, director of WhatsApp consumer engineering. As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg put it to WABetaInfo at the beginning of June, “It's been a big technical challenge to get all your messages and content to sync properly across devices."

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