WhatsApp unveiled “end-to-end” encryption today as part of its own fight to secure customer privacy against governmental intrusion.
“The idea is simple: when you send a message, the only person who can read it is the person or group chat gat
WhatsApp unveiled “end-to-end” encryption today as part of its own fight to secure customer privacy against governmental intrusion.
“The idea is simple: when you send a message, the only person who can read it is the person or group chat gat you send that message to. No one can see inside that message, not cybercriminals, not hackers, not oppressive regimes, not even us,” said WhatsApp this morning as the new encryption feature rolled out to customers.
As of today, WhatsApp messages will be encrypted from end-to-end, meaning that any message sent between two users can only be read by those two users, even if a government agency has a secret surveillance warrant in place to monitor an individual’s communications. WhatsApp launched the new encryption feature today in hopes that customers would remain confident that their communications were private and protected by strong encryption.
“We live in a world where more of our data is digitized than ever before. Every day we see stories about sensitive records being improperly accessed or stolen,” said WhatsApp today, defending the move to enable end-to-end encryption for all users of the popular messaging app.
The WhatsApp encryption, reports the Independent, is strong enough to prevent even government-level surveillance of messages while they travel between sender and recipient, causing some lawmakers and 