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After years of promises and limited tests , Meta has start up rolling out default end - to - end encryption protection for Messenger . In an annunciation , Mark Zuckerbergsaidthat personal schmooze and calls will get nonremittal end - to - end encoding . However , encryption for chemical group chats still stay an opt - in feature .
End - to - ending encryption is an important security stratum as it does n’t take into account Meta or other third - party entities to get to the content of a schmooze .
“ This has make years to deliver because we ’ve take our time to get this right hand . Our engineers , cryptographers , designer , insurance policy expert , and product handler have worked inexhaustibly to rebuild Messenger features from the basis up , ” Meta ’s head of Messenger , Loredana Crisan , say ina blog place .
Meta first introduce the end - to - end encryption feature on Messenger ina limited test in 2016via a “ hidden conversations ” way . In 2021 , the fellowship brought the encryption feature forvoice and video calls on the app . The social networking giant began providing anend - to - end encryption choice for chemical group schmooze and calls in January 2022 . In August 2022 , Meta take off testingend - to - end encoding for item-by-item confabulation . In August 2023 , the fellowship said it project toroll out default final stage - to - end encryption by the terminal of the twelvemonth .
On itsengineering blog , Meta said that roll out end - to - end encryption — for which it utilise the Signal protocol — take such a farseeing time for roll out because the company had to rebuild certain features ( such as the sticker subroutine library and chat storage ) from the reason up .
With this rollout , Messenger will be a tone nearer to achieve full end - to - remainder shelter like another Meta - possess chat app , WhatsApp . In August , the company also read that Instagram DMs would get end - to - end encoding protective covering after the Messenger rollout .
Apart from this security update , Meta is also set in motion new lineament for Messenger , include the ability to edit a message up to 15 minute of arc after sending ; speed command for voice message to trifle those audio clips at 1.5x or 2x ; new exposure and TV layout ; and a new interface for disappear messages . The company also said that it is working on the ability to post HD picture and videos on Messenger .
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originally this week , Meta said that it woulddiscontinue fussy - platform messaging between Facebook and Instagram in December .
