However, there is a reason for that because criminals and terrorists can potentially hide behind the security offered by encrypted services like WhatsApp. This is at least part of the reason why some Governments - including the UK's home secretary - have complained about the security.
Even WhatsApp won't have access to the message's contents.Įnd-to-end encryption does not change how you regularly use WhatsApp, but it will make it harder for WhatsApp to allow law enforcement, governments, and other authorities access to your private communications, even if they have a warrant. That means only the sender and receiver of any given message will be able to see the contents of said message. The latest versions of the Facebook-owned messaging client now ensure all messages, photos, video, files, and calls are completely secure for its two billion users (no matter what platform they're using). But what does that mean and how does it impact on you? (Pocket-lint) - WhatsApp has end-to-end encryption. Whatsapp rolls out end to end encryption what does that mean image 1