Chatting on Facebook is quietly getting more secure. The social media company’s Messenger, used by more than 900 million people around the world, just launched a significant usability upgrade to its “Secret Conversations” feature that enables encrypted communications between two people on multiple devices. Previously, encrypted communications were available to one device per person, severely limiting their attractiveness in a world where people rapidly switch between mobile, tablets and desktop devices. NEW! Facebook #Messenger “Secret Conversations” End-to-End Encryption is rolling out multi-device E2E chats! pic.twitter.com/awy4URXYcH — Alec Muffett (@AlecMuffett) May 18, 2017 Messenger’s adoption of strong encryption and this latest feature upgrade has won plaudits in the privacy community. The change, however, was practically whispered in a small update to a year-old blog post that had first announced the encryption features — and Facebook only added the information after users actually noticed the existence of the new feature. For a company with the ability to […]
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