WhatsApp rolls out end-to-end encryption on Android and other mobile operating systems
WhatsApp has added end-to-end encryption to all of its messages - meaning that the company couldn't give information to governments, even if it wanted to. The latest version of the app will use security technology that means that messages can't be intercepted as they travel between devices. Encryption ensures that only a message's sender and recipient can read messages, stopping them from being intercepted on their journey.
WhatsApp said that it had added the new, stronger measures across its messages because it "has always prioritized making your data and communication as secure as possible". "From now on when you and your contacts use the latest version of the app, every call you make, and every message, photo, video, file, and voice message you send, is end-to-end encrypted by default, including group chats," it wrote in a blog post announcing the change.
"The idea is simple: when you send a message, the only person who can read it is the person or group chat that you send that message to," WhatsApp wrote. "No one can see inside that message. Not cybercriminals. Not hackers. Not oppressive regimes. Not even us. End-to-end encryption helps make communication via WhatsApp private - sort of like a face-to-face conversation."
"While we recognize the important work of law enforcement in keeping people safe, efforts to weaken encryption risk exposing people's information to abuse from cybercriminals, hackers, and rogue states."
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