Facebook will provide end-to-end encryption to the Facebook Messenger application, allowing most 900 millions of users to send and receive messages that can not be read or intercepted by law enforcement, malicious users or even and by the social network itself.
However, they will not be end-to-end encrypted talks provided by Apple or the WhatsApp app which encrypt all your conversations by default.
Facebook will offer an end-to-end encrypted end-to-end chat feature in Messenger and an opt-in feature, just like Allo, Google's smart chat application that provides encrypted conversations only if users choose it.
The supporters protectionς προσωπικών δεδομένων επέκριναν την Google για την προσθήκη της «ινκόγκνιτο» operation encrypted chats with an opt-in feature, instead of end-to-end encryption by default.
So Facebook Messenger will gradually begin to have the same choice for service users in the next few months, according to the Guardian.
Updating Messenger will give users a choice between encrypted messaging or smart AI features, such as "Bots in Messenger," a feature Facebook announced last month to allow companies to provide automated customer support.
Facebook's approach to providing an encryption feature with opt-in functionality will not be too happy.
Certainly there are many who prefer the protection of their data from an Artificial Intelligence technology.
