Meta makes end-to-end encryption a default on Facebook Messenger
1 year ago

Meta makes end-to-end encryption a default on Facebook Messenger

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Meta is rolling out end-to-end encryption for calls and messages across its Facebook and Messenger platforms, the company announced Thursday. “Our engineers, cryptographers, designers, policy experts and product managers have worked tirelessly to rebuild Messenger features from the ground up.” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised, back in 2019, to bring end-to-end encryption to its platforms after the social media company suffered a string of high profile scandals, notably when Cambridge Analytica accessed user data on Facebook. Meta, whose WhatsApp platform already encrypts messages, said the feature can help keep users safe from hackers, fraudsters and criminals. Meanwhile, encryption critics, law enforcement and even a Meta report released in 2022 note the risks of enhanced encryption, including users who could abuse the privacy feature to sexually exploit children, facilitate human trafficking and spread hate speech.

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One Tech Tip: How to protect your communications through encryption
1 week, 6 days ago

One Tech Tip: How to protect your communications through encryption

Associated Press  

LONDON — After a sprawling hacking campaign exposed the communications of an unknown number of Americans, U.S. cybersecurity officials are advising people to use encryption in their communications. The advice includes one tip we can all put into practice with our phones: “Ensure that traffic is end-to-end encrypted to the maximum extent possible.” End-to-end encryption, also known as E2EE, means …

Anti-trust regulator levy Rs 213 crore penalty on Meta for 'forcing' WhatsApp users to share data
1 month, 1 week ago

Anti-trust regulator levy Rs 213 crore penalty on Meta for 'forcing' WhatsApp users to share data

New Indian Express  

The anti-trust regulator -Competition Commission of India -on Monday imposed a penalty of Rs 213 crore on US tech giant Meta, which owns and operates the messaging app WhatsApp, for abuse of its dominant position. As per the CCI order, Whatsapp in January 2021 notified users that they were required to accept the new terms of services and privacy policies, …

People use WhatsApp for privacy, company tells Delhi HC: ‘That goes, we exit India’
7 months, 4 weeks ago

People use WhatsApp for privacy, company tells Delhi HC: ‘That goes, we exit India’

Hindustan Times  

WhatsApp told told the Delhi High Court that the messaging platform will shut down in India if it is forced to break message encryption which protects user privacy by ensuring that only the sender and recipient can read and access message content. WhatsApp and Facebook parent company Meta are challenging the Information Technology Rules 2021. WhatsApp and Facebook parent company …

Meta makes end-to-end encryption a default on Facebook Messenger
1 year ago

Meta makes end-to-end encryption a default on Facebook Messenger

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Meta is rolling out end-to-end …

Meta starts end-to-end encryption across Messenger, Facebook, UK law enforcement not happy
1 year ago

Meta starts end-to-end encryption across Messenger, Facebook, UK law enforcement not happy

Firstpost  

Meta introduces end-to-end encryption on Messenger and Facebook, enhancing user privacy. While digital rights activists and the EU are happy with this, law enforcement agencies in the UK are livid Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has started introducing strong privacy measures called end-to-end encryption on Messenger and Facebook, as announced on Thursday. However, this move is likely to draw …

Your FB Messenger now got extra protection and new features: Check latest update here
1 year ago

Your FB Messenger now got extra protection and new features: Check latest update here

India TV News  

Meta-owned, Facebook, just made your private chats and calls on Messenger super secure. Improved Visual Experience Meta has improved the photo and video-sharing experience with better image quality, fun layouts, easier access, and more control over shared media. Voice Messages Upgrade Voice messages get an upgrade too. Testing and Future Plans Meta is testing HD media and improvements to file …

Meta’s encryption plans will create ‘safe haven’ for paedophiles, Braverman says
1 year, 3 months ago

Meta’s encryption plans will create ‘safe haven’ for paedophiles, Braverman says

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Home Secretary has said Meta’s planned rollout of end-to-end encryption …

Braverman urges Meta not to ‘go dark’ on detecting child abuse with encryption
1 year, 3 months ago

Braverman urges Meta not to ‘go dark’ on detecting child abuse with encryption

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Home Secretary has urged Meta not to “go dark” …

Meta expands tests for encrypted Messenger chats; release on track for this year
1 year, 4 months ago

Meta expands tests for encrypted Messenger chats; release on track for this year

The Hindu  

Facebook parent Meta said on Tuesday it was expanding testing for end-to-end encryption for its Messenger messaging service and adding millions of people’s chats to an upgraded security standard. In a company blog post, Messenger Product Manager, Timothy Buck, said that the company was on track to “launch default E2EE for one-to-one friends and family chats on Messenger by the …

Meta introduces WhatsApp Chat Lock feature
1 year, 7 months ago

Meta introduces WhatsApp Chat Lock feature

The Hindu  

Meta announced on Monday a Chat Lock feature for WhatsApp to let users put selected chats in a private folder that can only be opened with a password or biometric authentication. While both individual and group chats can be hidden in the protected folder, user privacy is also secured by ensuring that notifications for these locked chats do not show …

Users can now send messages to themselves on Whatsapp
1 year, 11 months ago

Users can now send messages to themselves on Whatsapp

The Hindu  

WhatsApp will now enable users to send messages to themselves using the platform, to keep track of their notes and messages. Messages to yourself work and look like regular chats, but users can’t make audio calls, video calls, mute notifications, block or report themselves, or see their last seen and online, WhatsApp said in its FAQ page. Now, users can …

Meta’s Zuckerberg Says WhatsApp Is More Secure Than iMessage
2 years, 2 months ago

Meta’s Zuckerberg Says WhatsApp Is More Secure Than iMessage

News 18  

Google had started its campaign to promote RCS messaging, and asked Apple to adopt its messaging technology. Now, Meta-owned WhatsApp is the latest platform to counter iMessage and even goes on to claim that its messaging app is more private and secure than Apple’s messaging app. Meta has started a public campaign that talks about WhatsApp and its legitimate reasons …

Meta starts an new anti-iMessage ad campaign to promote Whatsapp security: Know more
2 years, 2 months ago

Meta starts an new anti-iMessage ad campaign to promote Whatsapp security: Know more

India TV News  

Meta has launched a new Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Meta, has revealed that the new campaign by Meta in which Apple has been criticised for only providing the end-to-end encryption for iMessage and not for regular SMS communication. Image Source : PIXABAYWhatsApp Mark further published a photo of the new The One green and one blue letter …

Explained in 5 points: WhatsApp chats are end-to-end encrypted, what it means?
2 years, 3 months ago

Explained in 5 points: WhatsApp chats are end-to-end encrypted, what it means?

India Today  

Of late, WhatsApp has been talking a lot about privacy. --As per WhatsApp, under the end-to-end encryption policy -- all messages, photos, videos, voice messages, documents, status updates and calls exchanged on the platform are secured and can't be accessed by bad actors. End-to-end encryption ensures chats are secured between the sender and receiver of the message and no one, …

Meta to test end-to-end encryption for Messenger
2 years, 4 months ago

Meta to test end-to-end encryption for Messenger

Live Mint  

On Thursday, Meta revealed that it is testing end-to-end encryption for specific chats on its Messenger application. In order to enable customers to backup end-to-end encrypted chats, the tech giant is exploring safe storage for Messenger. "We're also starting a test of automatic end-to-end encrypted chat threads on Messenger and expanding other features," said the company on their official website. …

WhatsApp update adds new security features to protect people’s privacy
2 years, 4 months ago

WhatsApp update adds new security features to protect people’s privacy

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The new update comes with three main features: users will be able to leave group chats more …

Meta announces new privacy policy for Facebook, Instagram, Messenger
2 years, 6 months ago

Meta announces new privacy policy for Facebook, Instagram, Messenger

The Hindu  

Meta, a California-based tech firm that owns social media platforms Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, said it has ‘rewritten and redesigned’ its privacy policy to make it ‘easier to understand’ and also to ‘make it clearer’ to users how it used or shared their information. The updated Meta Privacy Policy that would kick in from July 26 would cover Facebook, Instagram, …

Meta Tries to Break the End-to-End Encryption Deadlock
2 years, 8 months ago

Meta Tries to Break the End-to-End Encryption Deadlock

Wired  

After years of tech companies and police fumbling and clashing over end-to-end encryption, Meta this week brandished a new tool in its arsenal that may help the social media giant resist government pressure to change course or weaken its plan to implement end-to-end encryption across its private communication services. On Monday, Meta published a report about the human rights impacts …

Facebook Messenger Will Now Send Alerts When Someone Takes Chat Screenshots
2 years, 10 months ago

Facebook Messenger Will Now Send Alerts When Someone Takes Chat Screenshots

News 18  

Facebook Messenger will start notifying users when someone takes screenshots of their chats. In a post, Facebook Messenger parent Meta explains, “We think it’s important that you are able to use encrypted chats and feel safe, so we want to keep you informed if anyone takes screenshots of your disappearing messages." Facebook’s Messenger is also getting reactions to allow users …

Meta delays encrypted messages on Facebook, Instagram to 2023
3 years, 1 month ago

Meta delays encrypted messages on Facebook, Instagram to 2023

India TV News  

Meta-owned Facebook Messenger and Instagram are delaying plans to encrypt users' messages until 2023. "We are taking our time to get this right and we don't plan to finish the global rollout of end-to-end encryption by default across all our messaging services until sometime in 2023," Antigone Davis wrote in The Telegraph. "As a company that connects billions of people …

Meta delays plans of default end-to-end encryption for Instagram and Facebook till 2023
3 years, 1 month ago

Meta delays plans of default end-to-end encryption for Instagram and Facebook till 2023

Firstpost  

Last year, Meta had given an end-to-end encryption option for its Messenger and Instagram users. After merging Facebook Messenger and Instagram chats for its users last year, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp has decided to put its default end-to-end encryption plan for Messenger and Instagram on hold till 2023. According to The Guardian, the decision to …

Facebook delays rollout of encrypted messaging amid child safety fears
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook delays rollout of encrypted messaging amid child safety fears

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Facebook has delayed a rollout of encrypted messaging amid fears such a move …

Facebook delays rollout of encrypted messaging amid child safety fears
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook delays rollout of encrypted messaging amid child safety fears

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Facebook has delayed a rollout of encrypted messaging amid fears such a move …

Facebook’s controversial encryption plans ‘won’t give users real privacy’
3 years, 3 months ago

Facebook’s controversial encryption plans ‘won’t give users real privacy’

The Telegraph  

Facebook’s controversial encryption plans ‘won’t give users real privacy’, MPs have been told as they were warned it will ‘cripple’ child abuse blocking software. The social media giant is facing mounting criticism over encryption plans that will make it harder to detect terrorist activity and child abuse material, with the Home Secretary condemning the proposals earlier this year as ‘dangerous …

WhatsApp users will now be able to protect their chat backups using end-to-end encryption
3 years, 3 months ago

WhatsApp users will now be able to protect their chat backups using end-to-end encryption

India Today  

WhatsApp has added a new layer of security to its messaging app. The Facebook-owned company announced that it would now offer end-to-end encryption to chat backups in Google Drive and iCloud as well. WhatsApp has said that it has become the only large-scale messaging app to offer end-to-end encryption to chat backups as well. Announcing the new development, Facebook Mark …

Facebook introduces end-to-end encryption for voice and video calls, disappearing messages feature and more
3 years, 4 months ago

Facebook introduces end-to-end encryption for voice and video calls, disappearing messages feature and more

Firstpost  

Facebook users will now be able to set up delivery controls so that they can decide who can access their chats list, requests folder, and even who can’t message them. Facebook, in an attempt to increase user security and privacy, has introduced end-to-end encryption for Messenger voice and video calls. While WhatsApp already supports end-to-end encrypted phone calls since long, …

Facebook Messenger’s voice, video calls get end-to-end encryption
3 years, 4 months ago

Facebook Messenger’s voice, video calls get end-to-end encryption

The Hindu  

Facebook has introduced end-to-end encryption for Messenger voice and video calls, improving the security and privacy on its messaging platform. The encryption feature, which is already available to users for one-on-one text chats on Messenger, will now offer an extra layer of protection when users make audio and video calls. “In the past year, we’ve seen a surge in the …

Facebook Rolls Out End-to-End Encryption On Messenger Voice and Video Calls
3 years, 4 months ago

Facebook Rolls Out End-to-End Encryption On Messenger Voice and Video Calls

News 18  

Facebook had earlier this month said that it will roll out end-to-end encryption on Facebook Messenger and Instagram DMs will soon get end-to-end encryption, in a bid to improve security on the said platforms. “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 …

WhatsApp Multi-Device End to End Encryption to Launch in Coming Months: Report
3 years, 6 months ago

WhatsApp Multi-Device End to End Encryption to Launch in Coming Months: Report

News 18  

WhatsApp is seemingly set to get end to end encryption for multiple devices as well, according to a recent post by WABetaInfo. The most popular instant messaging communication app in the world has held steadfast by insisting that end to end encryption is an industry standard practice that makes it secure from start to finish, and now, the feature may …

Looking for alternatives to WhatsApp? Signal is your best bet
3 years, 7 months ago

Looking for alternatives to WhatsApp? Signal is your best bet

Wired  

In the summer of 2016, WhatsApp turned on end-to-end encryption for billions of people around the world. Since WhatsApp turned end-to-end encryption on for everyone the technology has started to become the default way people communicate. This move, which is likely to happen in 2022, will protect trillions of messages people send but also make getting away from Facebook’s vast …

Facebook Messenger, Instagram DMs to Get End-to-End Encryption Sometime in 2022, Facebook Says
3 years, 7 months ago

Facebook Messenger, Instagram DMs to Get End-to-End Encryption Sometime in 2022, Facebook Says

News 18  

Social Media giant Facebook has announced that its chats on Messenger and Instagram Direct will be end-to-end encrypted by default by 2022. We’re also working hard to bring default end-to-end encryption to all of our messaging services,” Facebook said in a blog post. Facebook also said that the safety features it has already introduced are designed to work with end-to-end …

WhatsApp Again Says Conversations Are Absolutely Private and End-to-End Encrypted
3 years, 11 months ago

WhatsApp Again Says Conversations Are Absolutely Private and End-to-End Encrypted

News 18  

WhatsApp’s data policy debate just doesn’t seem to end, with WhatsApp constantly reminding users that the change does not affect their privacy and that their chats will remain end-to-end encrypted. Before this, a WhatsApp spokesperson’s statement had earlier this week claimed that the company’s updated policy “does not expand the ability to share data with Facebook.” Earlier, the ministry of …

WhatsApp New Policy 'Does Not Allow Expanded Data Sharing With Facebook', Claims Company
3 years, 11 months ago

WhatsApp New Policy 'Does Not Allow Expanded Data Sharing With Facebook', Claims Company

News 18  

WhatsApp continues its defence of the updated privacy policy that it floated as compulsory to all users and landed itself in a rather precarious position. In its latest effort, a WhatsApp spokesperson’s statement today claimed that the company’s updated policy “does not expand the ability to share data with Facebook.” Earlier, the ministry of electronics and information technology of India …

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