The personal calls and chats of every Messenger user will be encrypted by default, representing a major privacy update that makes the service more similar to its sibling WhatsApp. Since 2016, ...

Meta added end-to-end encryption for one-on-one chats in 2016. End-to-end encryption wasn't enabled by default, like in iMessage, WhatsApp, and Signal, but now, Meta is finally ready to deliver on its ...

Meta announced two Messenger-related changes. All Facebook Messenger users will get encrypted chats later this year, while the Messenger Lite app is going away entirely. The company has already ...

The latest update to Facebook Messenger (aka Messenger), announced by Loredana Crisan (a Vice President at Meta), is quite monumental from a digital privacy perspective. You see, Meta has shifted to ...

Messenger is finally making end-to-end encryption the default setting on all personal messages and calls, along with several other updates. It's good news for anyone concerned about their online ...

Meta Platforms announced on Wednesday the launch of end-to-end encryption for personal messages and calls on Messenger and Facebook. The new privacy features will be available for use immediately, ...

These updates build on the company’s HSM-based Backup Key Vault, which provides end-to-end encrypted backups for WhatsApp and Messenger. The system protects users’ backed-up message history with a ...

Facebook Messenger E2E encryption has been available to some users for some years now, but a full rollout has taken longer than expected. The company says it is now expanding end-to-end encrypted ...

Meta, the company that makes Facebook Messenger and owns the similar instant-messaging platform WhatsApp, has announced that it finally supports end-to-end encryption as standard with that being the ...

Meta is rolling out end-to-end encryption for calls and messages across its Facebook and Messenger platforms, the company announced Thursday, a major update considered a victory for privacy advocates ...