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Meta on Wednesday announced that the company is adding end-to-end encryption functionality to personal messages and calls on Messenger and Facebook. The California-based company, which also owns other popular messaging platforms like…

Today, Meta has unveiled what it calls "the biggest set of improvements to Messenger since it was first launched in 2011." First and foremost, end-to-end encryption is now a default for private chats and calls on Messenger and Facebook, meaning your secured communication can't be spied on by others — not even by Meta itself, apparently. Once updated, Messenger will ask users to set up a PIN, in case they need to recover messages on a new device later. The global rollout may take a few months to complete, due to the fact…

In 2015, as part of the wave of encrypting all the things on the internet, encouraged by the Edward Snowden revelations, Facebook announced that it would allow users to receive encrypted emails from the company. Even at the time, this was a feature for the paranoid users. By turning on the feature, all emails sent from Facebook — mostly notifications of ‘likes’ and private messages — to the users who opted-in would be encrypted with the decades-old technology called Pretty Good Privacy, or PGP. Eight years later,…

Sunbird, the iMessage for Android, has paused its operations due to privacy concerns. The app gained attention after Nothing announced the Nothing Chats app, which offered iMessage-like features on the Nothing Phone (2). However, Sunbird’s failure to protect user data raised some serious privacy concerns. Sunbird shuts down its “iMessage for Android” app Sunbird has temporarily suspended its operations due to security concerns. It aimed to bridge the iMessage and Android divide, or say attempted to resolve the “blue vs…

The Sunbird messaging app for Android has flown the solar coop. The app has completely shut down following massive privacy concerns, This comes after the app received increased scrutiny when it partnered with Nothing to act as the basis of the smartphone manufacturer’s Nothing Chats app. Nothing’s app was before the aforementioned privacy concerns came to light and it was pulled.The app’s gone from though the parent company says this shutdown is temporary, according to an Long story short? Sunbird was a niche product…

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Apple quietly announcing plans to add RCS support to the iPhone’s Message app wasn’t on my bingo card for this year. The way the confirmation came out of the blue on Thursday afternoon was all the more surprising. Apple is finally adding RCS support to iMessage, which should improve texting between iPhone users and Androids. But this won’t change the way the Messages app works on iPhone. iMessage text will still be sent over the internet, complete with end-to-end encryption. RCS messages will appear green on…

The UK acknowledged possible technical hurdles in its planned crackdown on illegal online content after encrypted messaging companies including WhatsApp threatened to pull their service from the country.Regulator Ofcom can only compel tech companies to scan platforms for illegal content such as images of child sexual abuse if it's “technically feasible,” culture minister Stephen Parkinson told the House of Lords on Wednesday, as the chamber debated the government's Online Safety Bill. He said the watchdog will work…

WhatsApp has been reportedly spotted working on a new feature that will allow for chat interoperability. The Meta-owned messaging service appears to be working on the ability to communicate with users who are not on WhatsApp. The European Union recently passed the Digital Markets Act (DMA) that goes into effect in the first quarter of 2024. Under the new EU regulation, WhatsApp and other major "gatekeeper" platforms and services are required to offer interoperability for chats with users on other services.Spotted in…

Britain urged Meta not to roll out end-to-end encryption on Instagram and Facebook Messenger without safety measures to protect children from sexual abuse after the Online Safety Bill was passed by parliament.Meta, which already encrypts messages on WhatsApp, plans to implement end-to-end encryption across Messenger and Instagram direct messages, saying the technology re-enforced safety and security.Britain's Home Secretary Suella Braverman said she supported strong encryption for online users but it could not come at the…