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Meta delays plans of default end-to-end encryption for Instagram and Facebook till 2023
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Meta delays plans of default end-to-end encryption for Instagram and Facebook till 2023

Last year, Meta had given an end-to-end encryption (E2EE) option for its Messenger and Instagram users.

Centre responds to WhatsApp lawsuit: 'Respect right to privacy, new rules won't affect functioning'
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Centre responds to WhatsApp lawsuit: 'Respect right to privacy, new rules won't affect functioning'

WhatsApp says making its messages traceable 'would severely undermine the privacy of billions of people who communicate digitally and effectively impair its security'

Instagram is reportedly developing Clubhouse-like audio rooms; plans to rollout end-to-end encryption
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Instagram is reportedly developing Clubhouse-like audio rooms; plans to rollout end-to-end encryption

Instagram will reportedly soon give users the option to choose if they want a conversation to be end-to-end encrypted.

Google Messages to get end-to-end encryption, new features and more for android users
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Google Messages to get end-to-end encryption, new features and more for android users

Google will roll out end-to-end encryption, starting with one-on-one RCS conversations between people using Messages.

Zoom to roll out end-to-end encryption for both paid and free users starting next week
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Zoom to roll out end-to-end encryption for both paid and free users starting next week

To verify if the Zoom meeting is using end-to-end-encryption, participants can check for a green shield logo in the top left corner of their meeting screen.

Facebook, Google's end-to-end encryption might be threatened by new US bill
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Facebook, Google's end-to-end encryption might be threatened by new US bill

The bill aims to curb the distribution of child sexual abuse material on platforms like Google, Facebook and so on.

Indian govt meets Google, Twitter, Facebook, says it wants encryption broken in fight against child porn
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Indian govt meets Google, Twitter, Facebook, says it wants encryption broken in fight against child porn

The panel met officials of companies such as Google, Twitter, Facebook, and WhatsApp before preparing Saturday’s report

Apple drops plans to let iPhone users fully encrypt backups after FBI complaints
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Apple drops plans to let iPhone users fully encrypt backups after FBI complaints

The move shows how much Apple has been willing to help US law enforcement and intelligence agencies.

Telegram adds bunch of features including new Theme Editor, Send When Online, Podcast support and much more
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Telegram adds bunch of features including new Theme Editor, Send When Online, Podcast support and much more

End to end encrypted messaging app Telegram has announced a whole bunch of new features that will be seen on the app soon.

Facebook's end-to-end encryption will enhance user privacy but its not good news for law enforcement
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Facebook's end-to-end encryption will enhance user privacy but its not good news for law enforcement

Facebook’s plan to enact this change is paradoxical, considering the company has a history of harvesting user data.

Facebook India policy director to Parliamentary panel: WhatsApp's encryption makes snooping from our end impossible
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Facebook India policy director to Parliamentary panel: WhatsApp's encryption makes snooping from our end impossible

In October, WhatsApp said Indian journalists and human rights activists were among those globally spied upon by unidentified entities, using an Israeli spyware — Pegasus.

End to end encryption: All you need to know about this technology under threat from govts and law enforcement agencies
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End to end encryption: All you need to know about this technology under threat from govts and law enforcement agencies

Law enforcement and technologists have been arguing over encryption controls for more than two decades.

India’s traceability question: Legally approved interception should be accompanied by strong safeguards from misuse
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India’s traceability question: Legally approved interception should be accompanied by strong safeguards from misuse

Government interception rests upon an uneasy truce between the government/LEA, private companies and civil society activists

Brave browser, Elixxir among other digital privacy focussed products highlighted at Web Summit
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Brave browser, Elixxir among other digital privacy focussed products highlighted at Web Summit

Brendan Eich hopes Brave will have 10 million users by year's end, although he would have to double or even triple before it could generate revenues

Facebook's plans for new encryption measures on Messenger could annoy law enforcement
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Facebook's plans for new encryption measures on Messenger could annoy law enforcement

The company is also considering banning the use of Messenger accounts not linked to regular Facebook profiles

Centre wants Facebook to decrypt private messaging; 'Nobody prevents you from having your own system of decryption,' says SC judge
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Centre wants Facebook to decrypt private messaging; 'Nobody prevents you from having your own system of decryption,' says SC judge

Judge Deepak Gupta asked the government lawyers to explain why the onus of facilitating decryption should be on the social media companies like Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg's livestreamed QnA session following audio leak was little more than a PR stunt
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Mark Zuckerberg's livestreamed QnA session following audio leak was little more than a PR stunt

Rather than let the pall of the audio leak linger longer, Zuckerberg responded promptly with a PR stunt.

Facebook's end-to-end encryption could come to an end as US, UK fight child abuse and terrorism
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Facebook's end-to-end encryption could come to an end as US, UK fight child abuse and terrorism

Facebook said in a statement that it strongly opposes “government efforts to build backdoors.”

Combating fake news: MEITY should allow legal-flexibility based on social media platforms over one-size-fits-all regulatory approach
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Combating fake news: MEITY should allow legal-flexibility based on social media platforms over one-size-fits-all regulatory approach

It is very important to understand the various limitations, challenges and nuances concerning the regulation of the ambiguous phenomenon called fake news.

Impossible to track sender of message due to encryption: WhatsApp tells Madras High Court
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Impossible to track sender of message due to encryption: WhatsApp tells Madras High Court

Except for WhatsApp all social media giants open to share data with government