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Facebook Messenger is testing secure storage for end-to-end encrypted chats
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What you need to know
- Meta is testing secure backups for end-to-end encrypted Messenger chats.
- Messenger will also make chats E2E encrypted by default for some people.
- The company is also rolling out more tests on its E2E encrypted messages.
Meta is rolling out a number of tests to make end-to-end encryption a dominant security feature in Facebook Messenger, including secure storage to back up your end-to-end encrypted chat history.
This week, Facebook began testing a secure storage feature that makes it easier to access your Messenger conversation history if you lose your device or want to restore chat history on a new phone.
Currently, end-to-end encrypted chats are stored on your device. With secure storage, you can choose to restore your messages with two end-to-end encrypted options. One method is to create a PIN or generate a code. You can also choose to use third-party cloud services such as Google Drive to restore your chat history.
Sara Su, Meta’s product management director for Messenger Trust, wrote in a blog post (opens in new tab) that this feature “will be the default way to protect the history of your end-to-end encrypted conversations on Messenger.”
This experimental secure storage is rolling out on Android phones and iOS devices. However, the feature is not available yet on Messenger’s desktop site or application, nor is it available in chats that are not end-to-end encrypted. There is no need for you to take any action if you are a member of the test group. This will also be true when the feature is made available to everyone in 2023.
In addition to secure storage, Meta is rolling out updates to Messenger’s end-to-end encrypted features.
Currently, Messenger’s end-to-end encryption is opt-in, which means you’ll need to choose to enable it. The service is now testing default end-to-end encrypted chats with some users.
Messenger is also experimenting with syncing deleted messages across your devices and verifying the authenticity of your web code when accessing the platform’s desktop site. It’s also testing the ability to unsend messages and bringing end-to-end encrypted chat features to group chats and other countries.
Meta also intends to discontinue…
Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Facebook Enter the Scene
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They are the companies whose names are part of the daily lives of consumers.
It is almost impossible to escape them in many daily economic activities.
They are in the top 10 of the most valuable companies in the world and are multinationals present in hundreds of countries around the world. Between the five tech giants, their worth is $7.6 trillion in market cap. Suffice to say that their weight in the economy is enormous.
At a time when investors are wondering if the economy will experience a hard landing, in other words, will enter into recession in the coming months due to inflation at its highest level in 40 years and a policy of raising interest rates at the Federal Reserve, these companies can give the temperature of the economic machine.
The companies in order of market capitalization include Apple (AAPL) – Get Apple Inc. Report ($2.5 trillion at the time of writing), Microsoft (MSFT) – Get Microsoft Corporation Report ($1.95 trillion), Alphabet (GOOGL) – Get Alphabet Inc. Report, parent company of Google, ($1.42 trillion), Amazon (AMZN) – Get Amazon.com Inc. Report ($1.25 trillion) and social media giant Meta Platforms (META) – Get Meta Platforms Inc. Report, parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp ($458 billion). Some of them have already given a taste of what is to come by freezing hiring and removing job listings.
How Bad Is the Economy?
Coincidence or not, the GAFAM, as they are often nicknamed, publishes their quarterly results this week. These results, but especially the comments of their leaders on the health of the economy, are eagerly awaited. Investors’ questions are many, but if we could only retain two, it would be: have consumers started to reduce their spending? Have companies started to suspend their investments and reduce their marketing budgets?
Software giant Microsoft will open the ball on July 26. The activities of the Redmond group in Washington state affect both businesses (cloud with Azure, computer security) and consumers (Xbox consoles, video games, Windows software, Office). The firm recently announced cost-cutting measures, such as layoffs, whose message was clear: Microsoft is preparing for a difficult period ahead.
The…
How to protect your Facebook from hackers
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – Imagine you’re locked out of your Facebook page and lose access to everything; or even worse, your Facebook is hacked your followers get scammed.
In a Consumer First Alert, Tammy Elliott asked experts how to protect from a Facebook hacker.
Local victims of Facebook hacking are searching for answers.
“I’m just frustrated because there’s no way to get a hold of Facebook,” says Pamela May.
Aubree Leitermann says, “It was pretty frustrating because of all the messages we got.”
May says, “I got six notifications so far of people who were scammed out of money and I’m sure there’s many more out there.”
May and Leitermann say they wish they could get to talk to an actual person at Facebook. A recording states that the social media network does not offer phone support at this time.
Consumer First Alert has tried a media email listed for Facebook multiple times. We’ve yet to receive a response for this story.
We took our questions to identity theft and cyber security experts.
“And this runs the gamut: Instagram, Facebook, other online social media accounts. It’s happening on a regular basis and it is a very big problem,” says Eva Velasquez, President and CEO, Identity Theft Resource Center.
She attributes much of it to easy or re-used passwords.
“When we as users re-use the same easy passwords we make it easier for thieves to get into our other accounts,” Velasquez says.
- SEE PART 1 OF OUR CONSUMER ALERTS ON FACEBOOK HACKING: https://www.wbay.com/2022/07/10/consumer-first-alert-hacking-victims-voice-frustrations-look-answers-facebook/
Molly Vollrath is a security analyst at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College.
“So they’re able to guess them or password crack them,” Vollrath says.
Tammy Elliott: “How common is this?”
Molly Vollrath: “Facebook hacking is very common. A lot of it stems from phishing.”
“What criminals will do is send out a phishing email pretending to be Facebook saying, ‘Hey validate your account or update your settings and log in here.’ You’ll click a link and see a legitimate looking Facebook page that will ask you to enter your user name and password. So it’s that simple for them to take it from you because…