READ NOW WhatsApp’s most important feature is coming to Messenger
Social media giant Meta continues to transfer its features between its platforms. According to new information, Facebook Messenger is gaining support for end-to-end encryption. But Meta said it would store the messages on its own servers.
Messenger tests end-to-end encryption
End-to-end encryption, one of the important features for secure messaging, is finally coming to Facebook Messenger. Meta, which has launched a new service called Secure Storage for Messenger, will save chat histories to this storage service.
In fact, since 2016, Messenger has had end-to-end encryption capabilities. But it was not enabled by default for chats. With the new update, it is planned to store each chat in Secure Storage.
It has been stated that calls made and messages sent from Messenger will be stored in the secure storage service by default. However, Meta sparked curiosity by storing the messages on its own servers, not on the user’s device.
The company said it preferred secure storage so that “users who have lost their devices can continue to access their chat history.” However, this seems to violate the principles of end-to-end encryption.
End-to-end encryption works so that only the person holding the “key” can see the messages. In other words, to access messages protected by encryption, both parties must have access to their own keys.
As part of the new feature, messages and calls will be end-to-end encrypted by default. Messenger manager Sara Su said the new feature is expected to be available in 2023.
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