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Title: News: Facebook eyeing optional encryption upgrade for Messenger app
Post by: HCK on June 01, 2016, 04:05:26 pm
News: Facebook eyeing optional encryption upgrade for Messenger app

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               Facebook is planning to release an optional encrypted mode for its Messenger app, The Guardian reports. According to three sources close to the project, the social media giant will give its users the choice between extra privacy and better artificial intelligence. Opting to add end-to-end encryption to communications aimed at safeguarding a user’s messages from prying eyes will also have the unhappy side effect of inhibiting some of the new…

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