“We will never weaken this security.” Messenger users can also benefit from this same level of security, but only in “ secret conversations.

“Your personal messages are protected by end-to-end encryption,” WhatsApp emphasized in its fightback. MORE FROM FORBES Signal Vs Telegram-3 Things You Need To Know Before You Quit WhatsApp By Zak Doffman This issue with Messenger accessing your private information is easily solved-that’s what end-to-end encryption is all about. We saw a perfect illustration of Facebook Messenger’s scant regard for your privacy when researchers Tommy Mysk and Talal Haj Bakr, of iOS clipboard fame, disclosed that it was downloading private file attachments sent between users to its own servers, as well as links to file shares and websites. And Facebook definitely does share all its metadata with itself, another claim WhatsApp has contested for its own users and metadata. Facebook admits that it monitors the content sent in private messages between users. WhatsApp’s main defense against the backlash has been “we cannot see your private messages… and neither can Facebook.” No such luck, though, if you’re a Messenger user.

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