Illustration: Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta is rolling out end-to-end encryption for one-on-one chats and calls on Messenger, finally fulfilling a promise that�s been in the works for quite awhile. When end-to-end encryption is on, only you and...
Illustration: Nick Barclay / The Verge
Meta is rolling out end-to-end encryption for one-on-one chats and calls on Messenger, finally fulfilling a promise that�s been in the works for quite awhile. When end-to-end encryption is on, only you and the person you send a message to in Messenger can see its contents, the company claims.
Encrypted chats were first introduced as an opt-in feature in Messenger in 2016, but after a long windup, end-to-end encrypted messages and calls for conversations between two people will now be the standard going forward.
�This has taken years to deliver because we�ve taken our time to get this right,� Loredana Crisan, VP of Messenger, said in a statement shared with The Verge. �Our engineers, cryptographers, designers, policy experts and product...
