Facebook's plans to encrypt its messages will turn the website into a 'one-stop grooming shop' for paedophiles, the UK's leading children's charity has warned. Scroll down for videoFacebook (stock photo) has come under fire over its plans for end-to-end encryption by Home Secretary Priti PatelWHAT IS END-TO-END ENCRYPTION? End-to-end encryption ensures only the two participants of a chat can read messages, and no-one in between – not even the company that owns the service. End-to-end encryption is intended to prevent data being read or secretly modified when it is in transit between the two parties. Facebook-owned WhatsApp is already encrypted, and now Mark Zuckerberg is looking to do the same with Facebook Messenger and Instagram Direct.

Source: Daily Mail December 05, 2019 00:03 UTC