Social media giant Meta continues to transfer its features between its platforms. According to new information, Facebook Messenger is gaining end-to-end encryption support. But Meta said it will store messages on its own servers.
Messenger tests end-to-end encryption
End-to-end encryption, one of the important features for secure messaging, is finally coming to Facebook Messenger. Meta, which has launched a new service called Secure Storage for Messenger, will back up chat histories in this storage service.
In fact, since 2016, Messenger has had end-to-end encryption capabilities. But it wasn’t turned on by default for chats. With the new update, it is aimed to store every chat in Secure Storage.
It was stated that calls made and messages sent from Messenger will be stored in the Secure Storage service by default. However, Meta aroused curiosity by storing messages on their own servers, not on the user’s device.
The company said it prefers Secure Storage so that “users who have lost their devices can continue to access their chat history.” However, it seems to violate the principles of end-to-end encryption.
End-to-end encryption works so that only the person holding the “key” can see the messages. That is, to access messages protected by encryption, both parties must have access to their own keys.
As part of the new feature, messages and calls will be end-to-end encrypted by default. Messenger Manager Sara Su said the new feature is targeted to be available in 2023.
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