Whatsapp encrypts All Type of Communication within the App

The app first got messaging encryption back in November 2014. Fast-forward over a year and today we are seeing WhatsApp announce that they have finally accomplished complete communications encryption throughout the whole application. Aside from regular text messages, WhatsApp now protects voice calls, video chats and group messages.

And this does include protection across all main platforms, including Android, iOS and BB10. Users running the most recent version of WhatsApp should get a message within their conversations, telling them the thread is now encrypted. There will be some plaintext moving around the network until the rollout has concluded, though.
Open Whisper Systems is also not ending its quest for more secure communications here. The solution is open-source and the team plans to help other messaging apps become more private and secure in the future. We will have to wait and see how that progresses.

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