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Facebook is testing default end-to-end encryption in Messenger

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Facebook is finally getting serious about security and privacy on Messenger, enabling end-to-end encrypted chats by default.
Facebook has offered end-to-end encrypted chats for Messenger since 2016. But the service had to be enabled for each individual chat session, requiring users to be informed and also making it a bit of a pain to keep conversations secure. While it wasn’t ready to have encryption on by default late last year, things have now changed. Over the coming weeks, Facebook will test having end-to-end encrypted chats on by default. The test will roll out to selected users, who should notice that their chats are end-to-end encrypted without the need to take any kind of action.
Facebook will also begin testing behaviors in an end-to-end encrypted environment like syncing between devices.

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