Apple criticized the UK bill that seeks to end end-to-end encryption, also called E2EE, currently implemented by platforms such as WhatsApp, Instagram or Facebook Messenger, and which in its current terms has been described as a “serious threat” to the protection of citizens.

The E2EE is an encryption system that protects the content of a communication, so that only the sender and the users who receive a message can know its content, thus preventing third parties or the application itself from accessing it.

This is a measure already used by services such as WhatsApp, Messenger, Facebook and Telegram with which private communications are maintained, which offers a great advantage for preserving users’ confidential data.

Despite this, political communities such as the European Union and countries like the United Kingdom have been criticizing this system for years, since they believe that users can take advantage of it to perpetrate crimes such as terrorism or pedophilia.

In fact, the United Kingdom is currently debating a project such as the Online Safety Bill, with which it seeks to regulate certain Internet services to avoid risks related to this type of crime, because the E2EE prevents it from being access the criminal exchanges they carry out in the apps, which makes it difficult for police investigations.

Specifically, it is suggested that the communication regulatory body in the United Kingdom (OFCOM) can mediate in this E2EE system of apps to prosecute criminals who use them.

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Meta began testing new Messenger features, such as end-to-end encryption by default and the ability to create and store backups of these encrypted conversations.

The end-to-end encryption is a security measure that protects the messages exchanged during a conversation so that they cannot be intercepted by third parties, not even by the messaging platform itself. However, users can give their consent so that it can access said information.

This method is already present in another Meta product, WhatsApp. In Facebook’s messaging app, Messenger, activation of this encryption by the user has been optional since 2017, when it introduced Secret Conversations.

Now, the company has started testing so that point-to-point encryption is activated by default in any conversation on this messaging platform. The first tests have begun this week, according to what the technology company pointed out in a statement on its website.

Secure Storage will be the default way to protect end-to-end encrypted conversation history in Meta, and will be automatically turned on for accounts you are running these tests on.

These, in turn, will be able to continue accessing their message history and will continue to have the option of reporting to the company any of these messages that they consider inappropriate or violate their use policies.

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