Meta: After much development, Meta is now implementing end-to-end encryption for one-on-one talks and calls on Messenger, delivering on a long-standing commitment. Only you and the recipient of a message on Messenger may see its contents when end-to-end encryption is turned on.Messenger initially offered encrypted chats as an opt-in feature in 2016, but following a protracted process, end-to-end encrypted texts and calls for two-person conversations will now be the norm going forward.Meta claims that Messenger features like custom reactions and themes would not be lost when using encrypted chats.In 2019, Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of the company, declared that all of its messaging apps will switch to encrypted ephemeral messages,I believe the future of communication will increasingly shift to private, encrypted services where people can be confident what they say to each other stays secure and their messages and content wont stick around forever.By making encryption the default setting, Meta should not only be unable to read most Messenger chats contents, but also be unable to provide them to law enforcement.The company made headlines last year when police obtained the Messenger chat history of a 17-year-old girl from Nebraska and her mother, who were charged with performing an illegal abortion.Advocates against encryption claim that advances in technology make it more difficult to identify malicious users of messaging apps like WhatsApp, which by default encrypts data.
