Discord migrates all users to end-to-end encryption by default
The move comes as other major social media platforms are killing end-to-end encryption for messaging. In recent months, Instagram and TikTok both announced they will no longer offer the feature.
The social and messaging platform Discord announced Tuesday that video and voice messages sent through the service will be end-to-end encrypted with no opt-in required.
The move comes as other major social media platforms are killing end-to-end encryption for messaging. In recent months, Instagram and TikTok both announced they will no longer offer the feature.
However, Google and Apple announced last week that they are expanding end-to-end encryption to cover conversations between Android and iPhone by default.
Source: https://therecord.media/discord-migrates-users-to-end-to-end-encryption
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