WhatsApp adds end-to-end encryption for chats: Six things you need to know

Last night, millions of users worldwide were
greeted with a message in the chat section
stating “Messages you send to this chat and
calls are now secured with end-to-end
encryption.” and with that we are pretty sure
that many government organisations may
have panicked. But to the casual WhatsApp
user, there was a panic of a different type.
Clearly, WhatsApp could have put out a
slightly longer explanation instead of the one
above, that lead to mass panic with everyone
trying to get on board the encryption
bandwagon by trying to verify themselves on
their chats.
WhatsApp did provide one on its blog (it’s
lengthy and detailed) but here are few simple
pointers that you need to keep in mind:
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