Meta's Messenger on Track for End-to-End Encryption by 2024
Meta’s Messenger app remains on track to launch end-to-end encryption for one-on-one and family chats by the end of 2023, a spokesperson said Wednesday. This is part of a global test for increasing encryption standards across the company, Meta said.…
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Fight for the Future published an Aug. 3 letter from the company stating Meta’s appreciation for the group's campaign advocating for end-to-end encryption. Meta plans to extend the same standards to Instagram “shortly” after 2023, it said. FFTF said advocates are “glad” about Meta’s plans but said any continued delay further threatens certain users, like those seeking reproductive health care services and activists at risk of police surveillance.