Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeiPhone and Android users are being warned to avoid Facebook Messenger after a security update was said to be delayed. The service has come under fire for failing to use end-to-end encryption like WhatsApp, another Facebook -owned app - reportedly putting privacy and content at risk. Encryption would mean no one, not even Facebook, would be able to read messages between a sender and their recipient. Currently, harmful messages and content in Facebook Messenger chats can be flagged. (Image: Copyright unknown)Cyber-security expert Zac Doffman wrote in Forbes : "Messenger users reading this should switch their personal chats to WhatsApp (or Signal) and leave Messenger for trivial comms and kids.

Source: Daily Mirror July 13, 2021 16:17 UTC