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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Meta makes end-to-end encryption a default on Facebook Messenger

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Meta is rolling out end-to-end encryption for calls and messages across its Facebook and Messenger platforms, the company announced Thursday.

Such encryption means that no one other than the sender and the recipient — not even Meta — can decipher people’s messages. Encrypted chats, first introduced as an optional feature in Messenger in 2016, will now be the standard for all users going forward, according to Messenger head Loredana Crisan.

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