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Facebook introduces E2E encryption on audio and video calls

For several years now, one thing has been standard in many messaging services: end-to-end encryption. Just recently, publications have shown us that governments around the world are trying to attack and intercept private communications of states and individuals; on the other hand, there are services such as Signal, which are continuing to work on their encryption and security.

Now Facebook seems to have slowly grasped this trend and is now also encrypting voice and video calls from one end to the other. The change was activated last Friday and follows the end-to-end encryption of the messenger, which has been offering this extra security since 2016. Nevertheless, the encryption of messages is not activated by default and has to be activated via an extra menu item.

Friends will soon be able to chat securely and privately (Image: Facebook)

So if you make calls via a normal chat, you will still not receive end-to-end encryption. According to its own statements, Facebook offers the new function itself, as the popularity of voice and video calls is continuously increasing. In the meantime, 150 million users make calls every day via the in-house messenger. In addition, encryption is seen as a new standard in the industry.

Direct messages on Instagram should also be encrypted in the future. For this purpose, Facebook activated an option for selected test users, conversations can then only be read by the owner of the account. So Facebook seems to be investing more resources in this area in the future.

E2E encryption is the future (Image: Dayne Topkin)

If there are rumors, a uniform system for encrypting messages across all Facebook services will soon be introduced. Then chatting from WhatsApp to Instagram or from Messenger to WhatsApp could be possible. But this has not yet been officially confirmed.

Own opinion:

In my opinion, Facebook is taking a long overdue step with the new feature. E2E encryption should actually be the standard by now, so that users first have to activate the feature through a hidden menu, which speaks less for the company. But maybe encrypted messages will soon become the standard on all Facebook platforms.

Via The Verge

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