Facebook-owned WhatsApp already encrypts your messages sent via the service, but that additional security doesn’t apply to voice calls at present. However, according to The Guardian, that will change “within weeks,” thereby preventing the authorities from accessing any of the contents of the calls. The news comes amid a storm over the balance between privacy and access to user information by law enforcement, sparked by a case in Califonia in which the FBI are seeking access to data contained on the San Bernadino shooter’s iPhone. Apple is refusing to build software to access the device, as it says doing so would open…
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