The popular service WhatsApp has upped the ante on encryption, expanding protections so that only the sender of a message and its recipient will be able to see what's said.
The app, which has more than one billion users around the world, first started to introduce encryption into its product a year and a half ago. Now, messages sent over the company's app will be encrypted from the point they're sent until they're received, meaning that even WhatsApp will get only a garbled mess if it tried to listen in on a conversation.
"WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption ensures only you and the person you're communicating with can read what is sent, and nobody in between, not even WhatsApp," the company said on its website on Tuesday. The change applies to all calls and messages made through the app after March 31.
"All of this happens automatically: no need to turn on settings or set up special secret chats to secure your messages," the company said. Full story...
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The app, which has more than one billion users around the world, first started to introduce encryption into its product a year and a half ago. Now, messages sent over the company's app will be encrypted from the point they're sent until they're received, meaning that even WhatsApp will get only a garbled mess if it tried to listen in on a conversation.
"WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption ensures only you and the person you're communicating with can read what is sent, and nobody in between, not even WhatsApp," the company said on its website on Tuesday. The change applies to all calls and messages made through the app after March 31.
"All of this happens automatically: no need to turn on settings or set up special secret chats to secure your messages," the company said. Full story...
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