As latest govt surveillance on Yahoo revealed, end-to-end encrypted Facebook Messenger chats now available to all

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As latest govt surveillance on Yahoo revealed, end-to-end encrypted Facebook Messenger chats now available to all

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<p>While some have questioned the need for strong encryption to protect simple chats between friends, the continuing revelations of mass surveillance by governments does make the issue a matter of principle for some. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/04/yahoo-email-spy-encryption" target="_blank">Just yesterday[/url] it was revealed that Yahoo likely allowed the government to scan all of its users’ emails. And, as I’ve argued before, we all have perfectly innocent <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2016/02/18/fbi-apple-encryption-master-key/" target="_blank">things to hide[/url].</p>
<p>Facebook began testing <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2016/07/08/facebook-messenger-encryption/" target="_blank">Secret Conversations[/url] – Facebook Messenger chats protected by end-to-end encryption – back in July, promising a wider rollout later in the year. The company has now told <a href="https://www.wired.com/2016/10/facebook-completely-encrypted-messenger-update-now/" target="_blank">Wired[/url] that the rollout is complete, and that the feature is now available to all Facebook users …</p>
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