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End to end encryption of Messenger’s audio and video calls has finally been rolled out by Facebook after much anticipation, according to Tech Crunch.
Since 2016, text messages sent through Facebook’s top messaging service have been benefiting from end-to-end encryption (E2EE), a feature that prevents third parties from viewing the content of the chats. The company decided to expand the protection for voice and video chats on Messenger, as well as text messages and other kinds of data transfer, such as WhatsApp for instance.
In a blog post, Ruth Kricheli, Messenger’s director of product management, explained that end-to-end encryption is already extensively used in applications such as WhatsApp t…
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