Facebook will begin testing end-to-end encryption as default on Messenger app
by Johana Bhuiyan from Technology | The Guardian on (#62DNN)
Users who do not opt in to encryption could be vulnerable to unwitting access to their messages - including police searches
Facebook announced on Thursday it will begin testing end-to-end encryption as the default option for some users of its Messenger app on Android and iOS.
The development comes as the company is facing backlash for handing over messages to a Nebraska police department that aided the department in filing charges against a teen and her mother for allegedly conducting an illegal abortion.
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