Facebook: Apps Must Support SHA-2 Encryption by Oct. 1
Facebook followed up its test of improved encryption for notification emails with a mandate that developers move to a more secure standard for their applications.
Facebook followed up its test of improved encryption for notification emails with a mandate that developers move to a more secure standard for their applications.
As of Oct. 1, apps that do not support SHA-2 certificate signatures will be unable to connect to the social network, production engineer Adam Gross wrote in a post on the Facebook developer blog.
Gross explained the change as follows:
These changes are part of a broader shift in how browsers and websites encrypt traffic to protect the contents of online communications.
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