Facebook's defence will be welcomed by those who have concerns about data breaches, but will frustrate law enforcement agencies who believe accessing encrypted messages could be key to stopping terror ...

The company, on its part, has always maintained that all messages and calls on the platform are end-to-end encrypted and that ...

Taking to X this week, the Meta–owned app tweeted: 'people who end messages with "lol" we see you, we honor you.' This was likely meant as a light–hearted quip, with 'lol' seen by many as a less ...

WhatsApp this week announced that it is adding passkey-encrypted chat backups, allowing users to protect their stored messages using Touch ID or Face ID instead of a 64-digit key. The feature extends ...