Meta postpones the default encryption of Facebook and Instagram messaging

End -to -end encryption means that the messages are encrypted once sent, then unlocked when they arrive at their destination.They can therefore only be seen by the person sending it and the one who receives them.

The Facebook group, now called Meta, already owns WhatsApp, a messaging application that uses this default technology.

The company had indicated its intention to unify its various messaging systems, starting with the Messenger application and direct messages (Direct message, DM) of the Instagram social network.The latter were merged in 2020, and WhatsApp was to follow in 2022, according to a giant blog post.

Messenger and Instagram already offer end -to -end encryption, which can be manually activated in applications.Users, as well as activists for privacy, claim that the function be activated by default, as is already the case for WhatsApp.

Concerns

The company weighed on the brakes due to concerns raised concerning the safety of Internet users, according to what Antigone Davis, META security manager, in the British daily newspaper The Telegraph said.

Meta does not wish to reduce its ability to help authorities flush out criminal activities on its platforms.

Internet users waiting for end -to -end encryption to be established on Facebook and Instagram messaging will have to wait until 2023.