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Users of Meta’s Facebook and Messenger apps will now automatically gain the protections of end-to-end encryption, a major boost to security and privacy, the company said Wednesday.
Messenger, [11] also known as Facebook Messenger, is an American proprietary instant messaging service developed by Meta Platforms.Originally developed as Facebook Chat in 2008, the client application of Messenger is currently available on iOS and Android mobile platforms, Windows and macOS desktop platforms, through the Messenger.com web application, and on the standalone Facebook Portal ...
It began as Facebook Chat in 2008, [95] was revamped in 2010 [96] and eventually became a standalone mobile app in August 2011, while remaining part of the user page on browsers. [ 97 ] Complementing regular conversations, Messenger lets users make one-to-one [ 98 ] and group [ 99 ] voice [ 100 ] and video calls . [ 101 ]
Its Android app has integrated support for SMS [57] and "Chat Heads", which are round profile photo icons appearing on-screen regardless of what app is open, [58] while both apps support multiple accounts, [59] conversations with optional end-to-end encryption, [60] and playing "Instant Games", which are select games built into Messenger. [61]
The term "end-to-end encryption" originally only meant that the communication is never decrypted during its transport from the sender to the receiver. [9] For example, around 2003, E2EE has been proposed as an additional layer of encryption for GSM [10] or TETRA, [11] in addition to the existing radio encryption protecting the communication between the mobile device and the network infrastructure.
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