Meta Rolls Out Default End-To-End Encryption For Messenger (Image: Meta)
Meta announced that they had started to roll out end-to-end encryption for all personal chats and calls on Messenger and Facebook. Earlier, Messenger had the option for users to turn on end-to-end encryption, but now Meta has changed the private chats and calls to be end-to-end encrypted by default.
📣New features to improve your security, give you more control over your messages and calls and improve your overall experience on Messenger. 🫶
1) 🔐Messenger chats and calls are becoming end-to-end encrypted by default, which means your personal messages and calls have an… pic.twitter.com/ikIEQKur8E
— Messenger (@messenger) December 7, 2023
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced this development through his Facebook handle. “After years of work rebuilding Messenger, we”ve updated the app with default end-to-end encryption for all personal calls and messages. Huge congrats to the team on making this happen,” wrote Mark Zuckerberg in the Facebook post. Meta says that the new update will make calls and chats across Messenger more secure and private. Meta’s Head of Messenger, Loredana Crisan, said in a blog post that end-to-end encryption gives an extra layer of security, and nobody, including Meta, can see what a user sent or said unless the user chooses to report a message to Meta.
Apart from this major security update, the tech giant has also unveiled certain features for Messenger. This includes the ability to edit a message up to 15 minutes after sending it. Users can still report abuse in an edited message, and Meta will be able to see the previous versions of the edited message. Meta also said that disappearing messages on Messenger will now last for 24 hours after being sent. Mets has also improved the interface for disappearing messages. Users will also be able to play voice messages at 1.5x or 2x speeds. Meanwhile, Meta is currently testing HD media and file sharing improvements. Loredana Crisan said that it is the biggest set of improvements to Messenger since it was first introduced in 2011.
