WhatsApp Adds Encryption To All Its Services For Its Billion Users

Messages, calls, pictures and anything sent between users can’t be intercepted as the travel between devices. Simply put, only the sender and receiver of a message can view its content. This is an update that should be a gigantic improvement in the tech-world and especially for WhatsApp users and this comes on the hills of the battle between Apple and the FBI over a federal order ruling that an iPhone believed to be owned by a mass shooter should be opened.

This update cuts across every device which runs Whatsapp, that is from iPhones to Android phones to Windows phones and (not to be left out) the old school Nokia flip phones. 

In a blog post announcing the update, WhatsApp states: "The idea is simple: when you send a message, the only person who can read it is the person or group chat that you send that message to," WhatsApp wrote. "No one can see inside that message. Not cybercriminals. Not hackers. Not oppressive regimes. Not even us. End-to-end encryption helps make communication via WhatsApp private – sort of like a face-to-face conversation."

This minor update will surely have a major impact especially for individuals that have been advocating for enhanced security to information shared between devices.

Some important data can still be accessed by WhatsApp (like Users Behaviour) but the actual content of any conversation will be much harder to read.