Facebook isn’t known for being particularly caring towards its user’s privacy concerns, but in a move that seems to be the trend these days with tech giants, the company appears to be considering implementing end-to-end encryption in its Messenger app, according to “three sources” close to the project.
That said, the feature, when/if implemented, will be opt-in, the reason being that end-to-end encryption will render all the AI bots useless. Zuckerberg’s future roadmap involves opening up the API for artificial intelligence and virtual reality — for example, bots can send you automatic weather updates, push live video, or order flowers from within the chat app. By opting into end-to-end encryption, such functionalities will no longer work.
Facebook hasn’t confirmed this as of writing, but in a world divided between privacy and functionality, it does not harm to give users the choice of what to do with their data and conversations.
Source: The Guardian
