Facebook Messenger gets WhatsApp like end-to-end encryption; what it means for users

Following in the footsteps of its sister app WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger is finally getting end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for one-on-one chats. This major update will bring greater privacy and security to millions of users around the world.

Meta in a blog post announced it is rolling out default end-to-end encryption for personal messages and calls on Messenger and Facebook. “Since 2016, Messenger has had the option for people to turn on end-to-end encryption, but we’re now changing personal chats and calls across Messenger to be end-to-end encrypted by default,” Loredana Crisan, Vice President at Messenger wrote in the announcement post.