WhatsApp Launches End-to-End Encryption
WhatsApp upped its security game in a big way with this week’s announcement that it now provides full end-to-end encryption.
WhatsApp upped its security game in a big way with this week’s announcement that it now provides full end-to-end encryption.
Co-founders Jan Koum and Brian Acton announced the news in a blog post, saying that users do not need to take any actions to activate end-to-end encryption, as it is now the default in versions of the WhatsApp application.
Koum and Acton wrote:
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.
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