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Zuckerberg to integrate messaging infrastructure of social media

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NEW YORK: Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is planning to unify the underlying messaging infrastructure of the WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger services and incorporate end-to-end encryption into these apps, the New York Times reported.


The three services will, however, continue as stand-alone apps, the report said.


Facebook said it is working on adding end-to-end encryption, which protects messages from being viewed by anyone except the participants in a conversation, to more of its messaging products, and considering ways to make it easier for users to connect across networks.


“There is a lot of discussion and debate as we begin the long process of figuring out all the details of how this will work,” a spokesperson said.


After the changes, a Facebook user, for instance, will be able send an encrypted message to someone who has only a WhatsApp account


Integrating the messaging services could make it harder for antitrust regulators to break up Facebook by undoing its acquisitions of WhatsApp and Instagram, said Sam Weinstein, a Benjamin Cardozo School of Law professor. — Reuters



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