March 29, 2024
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Facebook is reportedly planning to add end-to-end encryption to both Facebook Messenger and Instagram Direct chats, according to The New York Times. According to the reports CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to merge all the three messaging system i.e Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp so all three apps can communicate between each other.

This new move comes directly from Zuckerberg, who has ordered the company to rework the underlying infrastructure behind all three apps into a single, unified service that will allow users of Facebook’s three disparate messaging services to talk to each other, even if they don’t have accounts on the same app.

According to the reports, Zuckerberg is reportedly ordering that Messenger and Instagram join WhatsApp by adding end-to-end encryption. That means that Facebook would no longer be able to access or investigate any messages sent on any of its platforms. Facebook Messenger already offers a Secret Conversations feature that’s encrypted end to end, but few users know about it.

Now Facebook hasn’t confirmed anything about the cross-platform merger, but the company did acknowledge the fact that it was working on adding end-to-end encryption to The New York Times, saying, “We’re working on making more of our messaging products end-to-end encrypted and considering ways to make it easier to reach friends and family across networks.”

At the moment the company didn’t say anything about when they are planning to introduce end-to-end encryption on Messenger and Instagram. But we expect it could arrive anytime later this year.

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