I-Facebook iqalile ukuvavanya i-encryption yokuphela ukuya ekupheleni eyenziwe ngokuzenzekelayo kuFacebook Messenger. Inkonzo yengxoxo sele inike umsebenzi, kodwa oku kusafuneka kwenziwe ngesandla.
UFacebook uthi uzakuqala uvavanyo kule veki kwaye 'abanye abantu' baya kuthatha inxaxheba ngokuzenzekelayo kuyo. Ukuba umsebenzisi ukhethelwe uvavanyo, 'ezinye zezona ncoko zixhaphakileyo ziguqulelwa ngokufihlakeleyo ekupheleni ukuya ekupheleni'. Imiyalezo ethunyelwe ukusuka ngelo xesha kwezo ncoko izakuguqulelwa ngokuntsonkothileyo ngokungagqibekanga.
Akukacaci ukuba incoko ikhuselwe kumamkeli; ke omnye umnxibelelanisi kufuneka kwakhona inxaxheba kuvavanyo, ubuncinane ukuba incoko ethile. Kukho nayiphi na imeko ecacileyo ukuba ukuthuthwa komyalezo kunye nokugcinwa kumthathi-nxaxheba wovavanyo kubhalwe ngekhowudi.
I-WhatsApp, nayo evela kwinkampani yomzali i-Meta, ine-encryption yokuphela-to-ekupheleni enikwe amandla ngokungagqibekanga ukususela ngo-2014. Ngasekupheleni konyaka odlulileyo, i-Meta yaphawula ukuba kutheni ezinye iimveliso, ezifana ne-Instagram kunye ne-Facebook Messenger, zazingasemva. Inkuthazo ngelo xesha yayiluloyiko lokuba impatho-gadalala ingabonwa lula ukuba iincoko zifihliwe. Yintoni eyenziwa yiMeta ngaloo nkxalabo ayixeli, kodwa ubuncinci isiqalo se-encryption esisezantsi ukuya ekupheleni silapha ngoku.
Ezi ndaba ziza kamsinya nje emva komcimbi ophambili eUnited States: UFacebook uthobele umyalelo wenkundla wokuba udlulise iingxoxo phakathi komama nentombi emapoliseni. Kwezo ncoko, aba babini baxubusha ngamayeza ngokuqhomfa intombi eyayiza kukwenza ekhaya. Umehluko wokungena kwi-encryption ku-Messenger ukhona ukusukela ngo-2016, kodwa lo mama kunye nentombi kubonakala ngathi abakhange bayisebenzise.
UFacebook uthi uqhuba iimvavanyo namanye amatyala oMthunywa. Umzekelo, imiyalezo ecinyiweyo iya 'sync' kuzo zonke izixhobo eziqhagamshelweyo, kuya kubakho umsebenzi ongathunyelwanga wemiyalezo kwaye abasebenzisi abaninzi baya kukwazi ukungena kuguqulelo oluntsonkothileyo kwinkonzo yemiyalezo ye-Instagram.