Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg plans to integrate Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp
5 years, 11 months ago

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg plans to integrate Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp

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There is no timeline out yet, but all of these apps are claimed to support end-to-end encryption. Well, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, now plans to integrate social giant’s messaging services — WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger. By joining three of the largest social media services, around 2.6 billion users which are on board these platforms might be able to cross-message across the platforms for the first time. Facebook stated that it wanted to “build the best messaging experiences we can; and people want messaging to be fast, simple, reliable and private.” It added: “We’re working on making more of our messaging products end-to-end encrypted and considering ways to make it easier to reach friends and family across networks.” The integration will allow these messaging apps to speak to one another across platforms and through this integration, Facebook seems to keep its users more engaged and in a way get them to use this merged system as their one and only messaging service. Facebook has the most number users in comparison to any other social media platform, and by combining its assets this way, as per The Verge, the social network can compete with the likes of Apple’s iMessage and Google’s messaging services.

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Why It Took Meta 7 Years to Turn on End-to-End Encryption for All Chats
55 years ago

Why It Took Meta 7 Years to Turn on End-to-End Encryption for All Chats

Wired  

Since 2016, the social behemoth now known as Meta has been working to deploy end-to-end encryption in its communication apps. It’s not just that we’re migrating people’s data, but it’s actually that we're having to fundamentally change a bunch of the assumptions that they work with when they’re using the product.” Meta has had to stake out a position as …

Meta makes end-to-end encryption a default on Facebook Messenger
1 year, 1 month 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 …

Meta makes end-to-end encryption a default on Facebook Messenger
1 year, 1 month 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, 1 month 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 …

WhatsApp will soon allow users to share status photos and videos on Instagram, here is how
1 year, 1 month ago

WhatsApp will soon allow users to share status photos and videos on Instagram, here is how

India Today  

Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, has been committed to seamlessly integrating the features of its social media platforms-Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. According to a recent report by WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is set to unveil a new feature that will allow users to seamlessly share their status updates as Stories on Instagram. The report suggests that the feature will be an …

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 …

Twitter’s Encrypted DMs Are Deeply Inferior to Signal and WhatsApp
55 years ago

Twitter’s Encrypted DMs Are Deeply Inferior to Signal and WhatsApp

Wired  

Elon Musk's long-promised launch of encrypted direct messages on Twitter has arrived. Yesterday night, Twitter announced the release of encrypted direct messages, a feature that Musk had assured users was coming from his very first days running the company. In fact, the company appears to have stopped short of calling the feature "end-to-end" encrypted, the term that would mean only …

WhatsApp Desktop Users Will Now Be Able To Conduct Group Video Calls
1 year, 9 months ago

WhatsApp Desktop Users Will Now Be Able To Conduct Group Video Calls

ABP News  

WhatsApp, the popular instant messaging platform owned by Facebook-parent Meta, has introduced a refreshed desktop app that among other things, promises group video calling for all users. Additionally, using WhatsApp on multiple devices will now be seamless, as it will allow users to link multiple devices at once, helping users continue chats across devices without a hitch. Through the new …

'WhatsApp has been a surveillance tool for 13 years, better stop using it’ says Telegram founder Pavel Durov
2 years, 3 months ago

'WhatsApp has been a surveillance tool for 13 years, better stop using it’ says Telegram founder Pavel Durov

Firstpost  

Telegram’s founder Pavel Durov has accused WhatsApp of being a surveillance tool after hackers were able to hack into smartphones of various users, because of a vulnerability in WhatsApp’s video sharing and playback features. WhatsApp, one of the most popular IM apps in the world, which also boasts to have the most number of users, is a major security risk, …

Meta Partners With Salesforce For Bringing Businesses On WhatsApp
2 years, 3 months ago

Meta Partners With Salesforce For Bringing Businesses On WhatsApp

News 18  

Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced a partnership with software company Salesforce where companies on their platform can use WhatsApp business messages to answer customer questions, run marketing campaigns and sell directly in chat. The new integration will help businesses build experiences to chat with customers on WhatsApp, while being able to manage communication directly from the …

Zuckerberg’s biggest bet might not pay off
2 years, 5 months ago

Zuckerberg’s biggest bet might not pay off

Live Mint  

Mark Zuckerberg will probablywish he was hydrofoiling in Hawaiion Wednesdayinstead of revealing Meta Platforms Inc.’s second-quarter earnings. Approximately 2billion people actively use WhatsApp, but in Zuckerberg’s universe it has been more of adefensive ploy andearnings voidthan amoney maker like Instagram. Butseven months later, Zuckerberg’svision had changed.He announced that the future of the internet lay inthe immersive world of the metaverse,representingthe …

Apple security expert says there’s one app people should never install this app on their iPhones
2 years, 7 months ago

Apple security expert says there’s one app people should never install this app on their iPhones

Firstpost  

Apple security expert Steven Walker, whose company Spylix works around phone tracking, has recently stated that iPhone users should stay away from Facebook Messenger if they don’t want to compromise their privacy. Apple security expert and the CEO of Spylix, Steven Walker has stated in an interview, irrespective of what Apple claims, people should be wary of one app in …

EXPLAINED | Can Twitter DMs Be Hacked And Do We Need Encryption For Them
2 years, 8 months ago

EXPLAINED | Can Twitter DMs Be Hacked And Do We Need Encryption For Them

ABP News  

New Delhi: Social media platforms are vulnerable to hacking and cyber-attacks and Twitter is no exception, and perhaps that's why tech billionaire Elon Musk, who recently bought the micro-blogging platform, has suggested that Twitter DMs should be end-to-end-encrypted so that the conversations can't be snooped upon. Whether Twitter DMs should be encrypted, has been a matter of debate with the …

Decentralising end-to-end encryption with a new security protocol
3 years, 1 month ago

Decentralising end-to-end encryption with a new security protocol

The Hindu  

Messaging services like WhatsApp and Telegram use end-to-end encryption to secure messages sent and received. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have devised a new security protocol to decentralise E2E, enabling users to store their messages in a more flexible network. The system is an extension of the steady group key settlement — a previously developed safety protocol that permits a …

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 will be now called Meta as Mark Zuckerberg works to create Metaverse: Full story in 10 points
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook will be now called Meta as Mark Zuckerberg works to create Metaverse: Full story in 10 points

India Today  

Facebook’s parent company is now Meta. This is because Zuckerberg wants to move beyond the realms of social media and does not wish his company to be known as a social media company only. “Today we are seen as a social media company, but in our DNA we are a company that builds technology to connect people, and the metaverse …

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp coming back online after hours of disruption
3 years, 3 months ago

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp coming back online after hours of disruption

India TV News  

Services of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are coming back online after several hours of disruption that impacted millions of people worldwide. While the users of the three social media platforms remained clueless as they repeatedly received error messages for the most part of the day, the stocks of Silicon Valley firm Facebook dropped by nearly five per cent as a …

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, 4 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 …

WhatsApp messages are end-to-end encrypted is a lie, claims a new report
3 years, 4 months ago

WhatsApp messages are end-to-end encrypted is a lie, claims a new report

India Today  

WhatsApp messages are end-to-end encrypted, even when you use a multi-device. However, a new report now claims that WhatsApp messages are not end-to-end encrypted, and on top of that, it adds that Facebook views the content of messages on the platform. It adds that Carl Woog, WhatsApp's communications director, acknowledged that teams of contractors in Austin and elsewhere review WhatsApp …

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 …

Signal Fires Straight At Facebook: They Aren’t Building Technology For You, It’s For Your Data
3 years, 8 months ago

Signal Fires Straight At Facebook: They Aren’t Building Technology For You, It’s For Your Data

News 18  

Signal is having a brilliant 2021. Signal believes that Facebook’s own tools can often reveal the truth about the “dimly concealed within complex, opaquely-rendered systems and fine print designed to be scrolled past.” Signal says they bought some Instagram ads and created multi-variant targeted ad designed to show users the personal data that Facebook collects about and sells access to. …

Facebook Messenger, Instagram DMs to Get End-to-End Encryption Sometime in 2022, Facebook Says
3 years, 8 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 …

Signal Trolls Mark Zuckerberg After Facebook CEO Found 'Using' WhatsApp's Rival App
3 years, 9 months ago

Signal Trolls Mark Zuckerberg After Facebook CEO Found 'Using' WhatsApp's Rival App

News 18  

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was among the 533 million Facebook users from 106 countries whose personal information was reportedly leaked by hackers on April 3. On April 4, Walker tweeted, “Regarding the #FacebookLeak, of the 533M people in the leak – the irony is that Mark Zuckerberg is regrettably included in the leak as well.” In another tweet, the security …

Paytm's Savage Dig at WhatsApp, Facebook Goes Viral amid Social Media Platforms' Global Outage
3 years, 9 months ago

Paytm's Savage Dig at WhatsApp, Facebook Goes Viral amid Social Media Platforms' Global Outage

News 18  

Late on Friday evening, thousands of netizens from India and other parts of the world scrambled to Twitter to check if they were the only ones facing “Internet downtime”. Once there, it soon sunk in that major social media platforms WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram– all the apps were facing global outage, something that lasted for at least 30 minutes in …

Zuckerberg says WhatsApp is under threat... from Apple iMessage
3 years, 11 months ago

Zuckerberg says WhatsApp is under threat... from Apple iMessage

India Today  

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has voiced his opinion against Apple’s privacy policies and how it will affect the social media giant’s business. Facebook had alleged that Apple’s new policy that requires the apps to add privacy labels on it and provide information to users about how much data an app collects. However, Facebook has been miffed ever since and has …

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 …

WhatsApp responds to Indian Govt letter, calls new privacy policy a transparency measure
3 years, 11 months ago

WhatsApp responds to Indian Govt letter, calls new privacy policy a transparency measure

India Today  

Reacting to the letter by Ministry of information and Technology, WhatsApp has said that it is ready to address any misinformation around its updated policy and remains available to answer all the questions. In a statement shared with India Today Tech, the instant messaging platform said that it is committed to protecting personal messages with end-to-end encryption and re-emphasized that …

Why are WhatsApp users joining rival platforms?
3 years, 11 months ago

Why are WhatsApp users joining rival platforms?

Al Jazeera  

Changes to privacy terms by WhatsApp has caused an exodus of users to rivals Telegram and Signal. WhatsApp, a Facebook-owned messaging service that has more than two billion users, has recently announced controversial changes to its privacy terms, prompting a mass exodus of users to rival platforms, particularly Telegram and Signal. Some privacy activists called on WhatsApp users on Twitter …

Signal, Telegram see demand spike as new WhatsApp terms stir debate
4 years ago

Signal, Telegram see demand spike as new WhatsApp terms stir debate

The Hindu  

Signal and Telegram messaging apps are seeing a sudden increase in demand after larger rival WhatsApp's updated terms of service raised eyebrows on social media. WhatsApp, which uses Signal's encryption technology, laid out fresh terms on Wednesday, asking users to agree to let owner Facebook Inc and its subsidiaries collect user data, including their phone number and location. More than …

WhatsApp’s updated privacy policy
4 years ago

WhatsApp’s updated privacy policy

The Hindu  

WhatsApp updated its privacy policy and terms of service on Monday, expanding how the messaging platform will share user data with other Facebook-owned and third-party apps. A privacy label U-turn Even back in July, WhatsApp gave its users an ‘opt out’ choice on sharing usage data. The updated WhatsApp terms will help Facebook and connected third-party apps to exploit user …

Facebook has been trying to make a breakup impossible for years.
55 years ago

Facebook has been trying to make a breakup impossible for years.

Slate  

The U.S. government wants to break up Facebook—and Facebook has spent years barricading its bunker for the fight. The FTC cites Facebook’s 2012 acquisition of Instagram, 2014 acquisition of WhatsApp, and restrictions on software developers as instances of monopolistic behavior that has smothered potential competitors. The commission is seeking a permanent injunction that would require Facebook to spin off Instagram …

Privacy Gone for Toss? Facebook Merging Instagram DMs with Messenger Has Internet Up in Arms
4 years, 2 months ago

Privacy Gone for Toss? Facebook Merging Instagram DMs with Messenger Has Internet Up in Arms

News 18  

Social media giant Facebook has merged the direct messaging service for Instagram and Messenger. Congratulations, now your Privacy is totally fucked up on Insta as well…linking Messanger n Insta!#instagramupdate #instagram @venkysplacepic.twitter.com/L00AZ32C2s— venkysplace October 27, 2020 I left fb messenger years agobutthank you instagram Ab smjhh mein hii nhii aa rha whether I am using messenger or whatsapp or instagram. #instagramupdate …

Facebook starts merging Instagram and Messenger chats: Report
4 years, 4 months ago

Facebook starts merging Instagram and Messenger chats: Report

Live Mint  

Facebook has now began merging Instagram and Messenger chats to enable users to chat across both the platforms, according to a report. In the past two years, it re-branded Instagram and WhatsApp to increase users’ awareness that the apps are owned by Facebook, and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has announced plans to integrate all the company’s messaging services. Additionally, …

Big Tech Hearing: Zuckerberg Saw WhatsApp & Instagram as Threat to Facebook, Internal Emails Show
4 years, 5 months ago

Big Tech Hearing: Zuckerberg Saw WhatsApp & Instagram as Threat to Facebook, Internal Emails Show

News 18  

Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg stumbled at a congressional hearing on alleged abuse of market power on Wednesday, as lawmakers confronted the social media titan with damaging internal emails about the company’s acquisitions. The House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel appeared to draw on a rich trove of Facebook company emails, releasing numerous screenshots of correspondence from Zuckerberg and other …

Facebook bought Instagram to quash competitor, documents show
4 years, 5 months ago

Facebook bought Instagram to quash competitor, documents show

Live Mint  

Before Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg signed a deal to acquire Instagram, he proposed the idea to the photo-sharing startup’s co-founder Kevin Systrom, who was not interested. The exchange was one of several potentially damning pieces of evidence in documents obtained by the U.S. House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust, showing that Zuckerberg leveraged Facebook’s market power over competitors …

Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp likely to get cross-chat support
4 years, 6 months ago

Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp likely to get cross-chat support

India Today  

Facebook is likely to enable communication between Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp soon. “This is not really an integration of the Facebook service into Instagram, but recently @Alex193a has warned me about the integration of WhatsApp into Facebook Messenger, including several important tracks! Some important references were found about this integration: in particular, Facebook is creating some tables in a local …

Facebook investors urged to vote against the end-to-end encryption plans
4 years, 7 months ago

Facebook investors urged to vote against the end-to-end encryption plans

Daily Mail  

Social media giant Facebook has been urged to scrap plans for 'end-to-end encryption' over fears it will make grooming impossible to track. In a 2019 blog post Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said there was a balance to be found between privacy from end-to-end encryption and protecting people. In a 2019 blog post Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said there was a …

WhatsApp now has over 2 billion users worldwide, CEO says encryption is important
4 years, 10 months ago

WhatsApp now has over 2 billion users worldwide, CEO says encryption is important

India Today  

The world's biggest chat app has become even bigger. While announcing its new user base, WhatsApp also laid emphasis on what it does to ensure strong encryption for the app's ecosystem and that it will work towards tightening the security. WhatsApp CEO Will Cathart told The Wall Street Journal that the company will not change its encryption policy, even it …

Facebook India policy director to Parliamentary panel: WhatsApp's encryption makes snooping from our end impossible
5 years ago

Facebook India policy director to Parliamentary panel: WhatsApp's encryption makes snooping from our end impossible

Firstpost  

In October, WhatsApp said Indian journalists and human rights activists were among those globally spied upon by unidentified entities, using an Israeli spyware — Pegasus. Facebook’s India Public Policy director Ankhi Das on Friday submitted to a parliamentary panel probing the WhatsApp snooping scandal that the social media platform has end-to-end encryption and it renders any effort to access the …

Facebook tells US govt it won't remove encryption
5 years, 1 month ago

Facebook tells US govt it won't remove encryption

Live Mint  

SAN FRANCISCO :Facebook has clearly told US Attorney General William Barr that the social networking giant will neither remove encryption from its messaging apps nor will provide law enforcement agencies access to its encrypted services. Encrypted messaging is the leading form of online communication and the vast majority of the billions of online messages that are sent daily, including on …

Facebook execs bat for encryption on its products despite attorney general's backdoor access request for law enforcement purposes
5 years, 1 month ago

Facebook execs bat for encryption on its products despite attorney general's backdoor access request for law enforcement purposes

Firstpost  

Barr said drug cartels, child pornographers and other criminals increasingly used and hid behind messaging apps Facebook executives and Attorney General William Barr sparred Monday over whether encrypted messaging products should be open to law enforcement, escalating a standoff over privacy and policing. In a letter to Barr, the executives overseeing Facebook’s WhatsApp and Messenger, Will Cathcart and Stan Chudnovsky, …

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