Meta Makes End-to-End Encryption a Default on Facebook Messenger
Such encryption means that no one other than the sender and the recipient — not even Meta — can decipher people’s messages. Encrypted chats, first introduced as an optional feature in Messenger in 2016, will now be the standard for all users going forward, according to Messenger head Loredana Crisan. “This has taken years to…
UK Minister Warns Meta Over End-to-End Encryption
Britain’s interior minister on Wednesday warned tech giant Meta that rolling out end-to-end encryption on its platforms must “not to come at a cost to our children’s safety”. Suella Braverman and security minister Tom Tugendhat have called on the company, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, to “work with us” and ensure police can access…
‘Evil Telegram’ Spyware Campaign Infects 60K+ Mobile Users
Dangerous spyware masquerading as a set of legitimate Telegram “mods” inside the official Google Play app store has been downloaded tens of thousands of times — and its existence poses serious ramifications for business users. Modified applications (“mods”) for the popular messaging client are a well-known part of the Telegram ecosystem. Mods are apps that…
Bitwarden Announces Secrets Management With a Combination of Open Source, End-to-End Encryption, and Ease of Use
Bitwarden, the leading open source password manager trusted by millions, today launched the open beta of Bitwarden Secrets Manager, designed to centrally secure and manage highly sensitive authentication credentials within privileged developer and DevOps environments. Development teams work across applications and multi-cloud infrastructures, using different tools and platforms. This leads to distributed secrets – API…
Organizations Can Now Try Out End-to-End Encrypted Microsoft Teams Calls
First announced at the tech giant’s Ignite event in March, end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for one-to-one Teams calls is now rolling out to public preview. Organizations can take advantage of the new capability, but IT admins and users will have to manually enable it. When E2EE is used, conversations are encrypted in a way that prevents…
