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Meta begins encryption rollout for calls and messages
Meta will no longer have access to the contents of what users send or receive, unless one user in a chat chooses to report a message to the company
Meta has begun its rollout of automatic encryption of all Facebook and Messenger chats, the company has announced.
Messages and calls protected by end-to-end-encryption (E2EE), which has been an option since 2016, can be read only by the sender and recipient.
Under the changes, Meta will no longer have access to the contents of what users send or receive, unless one user in a chat chooses to report a message to the company.
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