WhatsApp Brings End-to-End Encryption to Over A Billion People
WhatsApp, one of the more popular online messaging services currently owned by Facebook, has announced that they had now added end-to-end encryption to every type of device on its platform. WhatsApp’s move follows a month-long battle between Apple and the FBI over a federal order to unlock the iPhone of a mass shooter in San Bernardino, CA, after Apple....
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WhatsApp has decided to turn on encryption for all messages. Will this lead to more private conversations or have they just opened a can of worms? What is encryption and how will it work for WhatsApp users? On April 5, 2016, WhatsApp announced on its blog that they were going to start providing full end-to-end encryption. The announcement says: “The idea is simple: when you send a message, the only person who can read it is the person or group chat that you send that message to. No one can see inside that message. Not cybercriminals. Not hackers. Not oppressive regimes. Not even us.....
The interception of private correspondence is always a touchy subject. On one hand there are questions of privacy and on the other hand state security. There are many people who are willing to trade privacy for security in an era which is dominated by terrorism, strife and other random senseless violence. However, whatever may be the cost, privacy is important and the ability to carry out your business and private life without the fear of eavesdropping by third parties is still a right that most people yearn for. In an effort to protect their customer’s privacy, many companies are....
Discussions about encryption are becoming more of a norm than the exception these days, and the situation is only getting direr in certain regions. The Hungarian Parliament is in favour to ban end-to-end encryption in the not-so-distant future. Hungary Takes on End-to-End Encryption. According to local sources, the Hungarian parliament voted on an amendment which prohibits end-to-end encryption in the country. Similar to most other countries in the world taking an aggressive stance on encryption, they label this decision as part of the “ongoing war on terrorism in Hungary”. As a result of....
The proliferation of messaging apps is unprecedented, with more than 3.6 billion people worldwide using them and over 145 billion messages being sent every day. Among the top players stand two ubiquitous giants, WhatsApp and Telegram, but for very different reasons: WhatsApp was the first truly global VOIP solution, a pioneer of the sector, launched in 2009 and later acquired by Facebook for over $19 billion in 2014. With over 2 billion registered users, it’s the world’s most popular messaging app. Telegram, launched in 2013, is still today considered an improved version of WhatsApp,....
The proliferation of messaging apps is unprecedented, with more than 3.6 billion people worldwide using them and over 145 billion messages being sent every day. Among the top players stand two ubiquitous giants, WhatsApp and Telegram, but for very different reasons: WhatsApp was the first truly global VOIP solution, a pioneer of the sector, launched […]