Facebook Ramps Up Privacy Quotient In Latest Move: Find How?

  • Facebook Inc FB upped its privacy levels by launching end-to-end encryption for voice and video calls on Messenger.
  • It joins Facebook's WhatsApp and Messenger services, which already had end-to-end encryption on users' text messages.
  • Facebook gradually added audio and video features to its portfolio of messaging services to tap their popularity, Reuters reports.
  • Facebook extended End-to-end encryption (E2EE) protection to both voice and video calls on Messenger, which means that no one, including Facebook, can see or listen to the messages, TechCrunch reports.
  • Facebook will initiate limited tests with adults in selected countries to opt-in to end-to-end encrypted messages and calls for one-on-one conversations on Instagram.
  • It will also test the security feature in Messenger's group chats.
  • Price Action: FB shares traded higher by 0.06% at $362.88 on the last check Friday.
  • Photo by Anthony Quintano via Wikimedia
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