WhatsApp, today has introduced a new feature into its popular App called the End to End Encryption. The feature will allows app to encrypt the data, voice chats, voice calls into cipher text and only Decodable at the recipient end. This feature has been rolled out to more than 1 billion users all over the globe.
That makes the Facebook-owned app essentially the second most popular social network after Facebook itself, which has around 1.5 billion users.
You get end-to-end encryption even if you're on an Android phone talking to someone with an iPhone. End-to-end encryption means that no one except you and the person or people you're talking to can see or hear what you're saying, not even WhatsApp or Facebook. Furthermore, WhatsApp doesn't store your messages on its servers once they're delivered to the intended recipient. This feature makes data requests from governments impossible to fulfill, since by design the company itself can not decrypt your communications.
You get end-to-end encryption even if you're on an Android phone talking to someone with an iPhone. End-to-end encryption means that no one except you and the person or people you're talking to can see or hear what you're saying, not even WhatsApp or Facebook. Furthermore, WhatsApp doesn't store your messages on its servers once they're delivered to the intended recipient. This feature makes data requests from governments impossible to fulfill, since by design the company itself can not decrypt your communications.
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To get the End to End encryption installed on your smartphone, all you need is the latest version of Whatsapp. Also the End to End encryption feature is valid if both Sender & Recipient has the latest Whatsapp. Not everyone you talk to has the latest version of the app, until that transition happens there could still be some unencrypted chats.
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Bio: A Technology Leninist who believes that success can only be achieved if one has a practical implementation knowledge. He is a Computer Science Engineer, a professional blogger and a debugger.
