A study conducted by Amnesty International indicate that WhatsApp into applications that have the highest security level which is then followed by iMessage, FaceTime, and Telegram, as quoted by Deccan Chronicle.
Meanwhile, Microsoft's Skype and Snapchat claimed still using weak encryption. Amnesty International recognizes that Skype has become the main target of government surveillance worldwide. Although Microsoft has a strong commitment to the protection of human rights, in fact encryption in Skype is still relatively weak.
"Snapchat does not apply encryption end-to-end. That's why Snapchat need to inform users about how it address any potential threats. Snapchat is related features that can eliminate the message and potentially cause misunderstandings about the meaning of privacy itself, "said Amnesty International.
Furthermore, in a Wall Street Journal conference, co-founder of WhatsApp Jan Koum explained that the messaging service they would remain committed to protecting the privacy of users. "We never ask users to provide information to their name, gender, age, or where they live," he said.
Previously, WhatsApp had won public sympathy after announcing adoption of encryption end-to-end in April. Unfortunately, WhatsApp then under fire for deciding to share user data with Facebook. With the capital of this data, Facebook will recommend a friend more precise and more relevant ads to users.
Related to this, Koum revealed that their terms of service have been updated to conform with Facebook's spam detection system.
Furthermore, Facebook also introduced a system of encryption in the service message, Facebook Messenger. Amnesty revealed that Facebook has become the most frequently use encryption to issues related to human rights. Social media is also the most transparent one in each of his activity.
"WhatsApp to be the only application that warns the user when the encryption end-to-end are not applied to the particular chat. In contrast, Facebook Messenger does not apply encryption end-to-end by default. Facebook also does not warn the user that the chat that often do users actually uses weak encryption, "he added.
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