Facebook Messenger and Instagram may not get default end-to-end encryption until 2023
Photo Illustration by Thiago Prudencio/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Meta - Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp's parent company - doesn't plan to roll out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) by default on Messenger and Instagram until 2023, first reported by The Guardian.
The company merged Messenger and Instagram chats last year, as a part of its plan to create a unified messaging system across all of its platforms. And while messages sent through Messenger and Instagram can be E2EE, that option isn't turned on by default - and likely won't be - until sometime in 2023. WhatsApp already supports E2EE by default.
Meta wants to keep users safe while still assisting public safety efforts"
In a post in The Telegraph, Antigone Davis, Meta's head of safety, attributes the delay to concerns about user safety. Since...