WhatsApp now has end-to-end encryption, at least on Android

November 18, 2014

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The most popular messaging platform is getting better today. The update to the WhatsApp Android app now includes end-to-end encryption. Using open source code from Open Whisper Systems, even WhatsApp won't have the ability to decrypt your messages.

Only the users will have access to the conversation, which means that law enforcement officials won't be able to force WhatsApp to share your messages since they won't have access to it.

This is by far the most secure form of encryption we have seen on a messaging platform of this caliber. It's launching on Android first, with no specific time table on when iOS will get the update.

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source: The Verge

Robert Nazarian Author

Robert lives in upstate New York where he was born and raised. Technology was always his passion. His first computer was a Radio Shack TRS80 Color that used a cassette tape to save programs, and his first laptop was a Toshiba T1200FB that sported a CGA greyscale screen and two 720kb floppy drives (no hardrive). From the early 90’s through late 2011, he only owned Motorola phones starting with the MircroTAC all the way through to the Droid X. He broke that streak when he bought the Galaxy Nexus. Now he's sporting a Galaxy Note 4, and absolutely loves it. He has a wonderful wife and a 6 year old son. In his free time he enjoys sports, movies, TV, working out, and trying to keep up with the rapid fast world of technology.