Accord­ing to US media, Facebo­ok users will be able to send an encryp­ted messag­e to anyone who has a WhatsA­pp accoun­tFacebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg is planning to unify the underlying messaging infrastructure of its WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger services and incorporate end-to-end encryption to these apps, the New York Times reported on Friday. The three services will, however, continue as standalone apps, the report said, citing four people involved in the effort. ‘We don’t sell people’s data,’ says Facebook’s ZuckerbergFacebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment. After the changes, a Facebook user, for instance, will be able send an encrypted message to someone who has only a WhatsApp account, according to the report. End-to-end encryption protects messages from being viewed by anyone except the participants in the conversation.

Source: The Express Tribune January 25, 2019 16:18 UTC