The Verge has obtained a recording of a staff meeting that took place on Monday at Twitter headquarters in San Francisco. On it, Elon Musk announced to his subordinates that Twitter would implement end-to-end encryption of personal messages, as well as audio and video calls. With end-to-end encryption, only direct...
Fighters against child abuse believe that disappearing messages and encryption are a threat to the safety of children. WhatsApp will soon be able to exchange self-destructing messages that disappear after a day. However, such a useful security feature causes concern among organizations involved in the protection of children’s rights, writes...
Since the correspondence is visible only to the sender and the recipient, Meta wants to make sure that this does not interfere with the fight against criminal activity. Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has no plans to make end-to-end encryption the default on Messenger and Instagram...
Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen criticized the company’s decision to transfer correspondence in its services to end-to-end encryption. The introduction of end-to-end encryption in Facebook messengers could negatively affect the privacy of users and lead to increased surveillance by intelligence agencies. This opinion was expressed by a former employee of...
