Meta promises default end-to-end encryption for Messenger users

Meta has announced its plans to roll out default end-to-end encryption for Messenger. The social media giant has updated its blog post to confirm the privacy feature for its instant messaging platform. The company started allowing Messenger users to opt in to encrypt their DMs in January 2022. Meta then began testing turning the privacy feature on by default in August 2022 and has continued testing it since.

In the blog, the company wrote: “Starting today, millions more people’s chats on Messenger will be upgraded to stronger encryption standards as part of our ongoing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) testing. We remain on track to launch default E2EE for one-to-one friends and family chats on Messenger by the end of the year.”