Meta Begins Rolling Out End-To-End Encryption as a Default for Messenger

Meta has begun rolling out Messenger’s default end-to-end encryption protection after years of promises and few testing. Mark Zuckerberg said that by default,

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We took our time to get this right, therefore it has taken years to produce.

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In a restricted test, Meta debuted Messenger’s end-to-end encryption capability in 2016 with the “secret conversations” feature.

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Starting in January 2022, the social media behemoth started offering group chats and phone calls with end-to-end encryption.

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Meta began testing end-to-end encryption for private conversations in August 2022.

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The business said in August 2023 that by year’s end, it would implement end-to-end encryption by default.

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