{"id":456293,"date":"2022-08-12T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T08:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=456293"},"modified":"2022-08-12T10:34:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T08:34:46","slug":"facebook-testing-end-to-end-encryption-in-messenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/456293-facebook-testing-end-to-end-encryption-in-messenger.html","title":{"rendered":"Facebook testing end-to-end encryption in Messenger"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facebook has started testing automatic end-to-end encryption in Messenger with a small group of users, the company said in a statement<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It also said that it has started testing secure storage for Messenger to allow users to backup their end-to-end encrypted chats.<\/p>\n

“We’re working hard to protect your personal messages and calls with end-to-end encryption by default on Messenger and Instagram,” Facebook said.<\/p>\n

It specified that users in the test group would have some of their most frequent chats secured by default without opting into the feature.<\/p>\n

Test participants can still access their message histories, but any new calls or messages will be automatically end-to-end encrypted.<\/p>\n

Facebook’s Messenger app currently allows users to opt-in to end-to-end encryption for specific chats.<\/p>\n

The app also currently stores encrypted conversations directly to users’ devices.<\/p>\n

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However, Facebook is now testing a feature that will let users back up their chats to keep them secure if they lose their device or want to transfer their message history to a new one.<\/p>\n

“As with end-to-end encrypted chats, secure storage means that we won’t have access to your messages, unless you choose to report them to us,” Facebook said.<\/p>\n

Messenger users can secure chat backups with either a PIN they can create or by generating a code \u2014 both of which will need to be saved to access the backups.<\/p>\n

Facebook said users would also have the option to restore conversations through third-party cloud services like iCloud.<\/p>\n

“For example, for iOS devices you can use iCloud to store a secret key that allows access to your backups,” it said.<\/p>\n

However, Facebook noted that while third-party cloud services may be secure, they aren’t protected by Messenger’s end-to-end encryption.<\/p>\n

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Facebook is testing new privacy features for its Messenger app, including end-to-end encrypted chats and backups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":456295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[36075,161,8887],"class_list":["post-456293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-end-to-end-encryption","tag-facebook","tag-facebook-messenger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456293"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456293"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":456355,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456293\/revisions\/456355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}