Both Whatsapp and Messenger already have end-to-end encryption on texts messages. However, now the social media giant is adding the feature to audio and video calls of messaging services.
Messenger Updates End-to-End Encrypted Chats
In 2016, Facebook Messenger got end-to-end encryption but was available only for text messages and not for calls. At that time, Facebook added an option of “secret conversation,” now, this mode also supports calling. According to the company, Messenger now sees more than 150 million video calls a day, so they are adding this feature as the calls on messenger are growing. Explaining more about the encryption, Menlo Park, a California-based social media giant, said nobody could see or listen to what’s sent or said, not even Facebook. In a blogpost, Menio Park said, Facebook is also planning to bring end-to-end encryption for a one-on-one conversation on the most popular social media app Instagram. On the other side, Facebook has brought new controls for disappearing messages on Messenger. The new changes are, you can now set a timer between 5 seconds and 24 hours. Once you set a timer, the messages will vanish from the receiver’s phone. Apart from this, Facebook is running a limited beta test for other features.
