Facebook Messenger is including end-to-end encryption, or E2EE, for voice and video calls. The firm has additionally up to date the controls to make messages disappear. The social media big has introduced the brand new replace in a weblog submit.
“People expect their messaging apps to be secure and private, and with these new features, we are giving them more control over how private they want to keep their calls and chats. Over the past year, we have seen an increase in the use of audio and video calling on Messenger with over 150 million video calls a day. We are now introducing calling in this chat mode so that you can secure your audio and video calls with the same technology, if you choose to,” Ruth Kricelli, Messenger’s director of product administration, mentioned in a weblog submit on Friday.
Until now, solely one-on-one textual content chat was end-to-end encrypted and now the identical is out there for calls. It principally signifies that “no one else, including Facebook, can see or hear what is sent or said.”
“Apps like WhatsApp are already widely using end-to-end encryption to keep personal conversations safe from hackers and criminals,” the corporate mentioned. Facebook believes that E2EE is “becoming the industry standard and acts like a lock and key, where only you and the people in the chat or call can access the conversation.”
Apart from E2EE, Facebook Messenger has additionally up to date the expiring messages function. The social media big says that not all customers need or must have their messages round at all times, so the brand new timer controls let anybody resolve when their messages finish in chat.
“We’ve updated this setting to give people in chat more options to choose from 5 seconds to 24 hours before all new messages disappear,” Facebook mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
