【】

  发布时间:2025-07-19 08:08:42   作者:玩站小弟   我要评论
End-to-end encryption for Google's Messages app on Android is out of beta, meaning you can finally e 。

End-to-end encryption for Google's Messages app on Android is out of beta, meaning you can finally ensure no one can intercept your nudes between your phone and your partner's. Shine on, you dirty diamonds.

Google announced end-to-end encryption in its Android Messages app last year, with the feature rolling out to beta testers. Now it is finally available more generally — and if you use the Messages app, it's a good idea to activate it.

"When you use the Messages app to send end-to-end encrypted messages, all chats, including their text and any files or media, are encrypted as the data travels between devices," says Google. "Encryption converts data into scrambled text. The unreadable text can only be decoded with a secret key."

Said key is a number generated on your and your recipient's phones, with a new one being created for each message. They are also deleted once they have served their purpose. All this means that strangers can't intercept and read your messages, making them strictly for your recipient's eyes only.

Mashable Games
Mashable Light SpeedWant more out-of-this world tech, space and science stories?Sign up for Mashable's weekly Light Speed newsletter.By signing up you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.Thanks for signing up!

Unfortunately Messages' encryption only works in one-on-one chats, so you can still be exposed for posting filth in the group chat.

To enable end-to-end encryption, both you and the person you're messaging have to be using Messages and have chat features enabled. This allows you to send messages in Messages using Wi-Fi or data rather than SMS or MMS, which is required for end-to-end encryption. 

You can tell you have chat features enabled if your texts are dark blue rather than light blue, and you can also turn them on by hitting Settings > Chat features > Enable chat features. 

SEE ALSO:Google Photos now has a 'Locked Folder' to hide your sensitive stuff

Messenger's end-to-end encryption will be automatically enabled if it's eligible in your chat, but to check whether it's active, just have a look at the little paper airplane send button. If there's a lock next to it, then your messages are safe and secure. A little lock will also show up next to the messages' timestamp, and next to the banner telling you who you're chatting with.

If one of you disables chat features then these locks will disappear and the messages will no longer be encrypted. So if you don't see any locks in your Messenger app, maybe think twice about sending that sexy selfie.

TopicsCybersecurity

  • Tag:

相关文章

  • This app is giving streaming TV news a second try

    Watchup, the once-buzzy news video streaming service, is trying its hand again at the news game with
    2025-07-19
  • 平昌冬奧會男子花樣滑冰視頻

    2014冬季奧運會男子花樣滑冰金牌?是羽生結弦2014年2月,年僅19歲的羽生結弦奪得索契冬奧會金牌,成為亞洲首位冬奧會男子單人滑冠軍 。羽生結弦,1994年12月7日出生於日本宮城縣仙台市,日本花樣  。
    2025-07-19
  • 我開空調了是什麽梗

    開空調什麽梗?開空調的話隻是將空調打開而已,並沒有什麽特別大的意義,而且夏天的時候基本上大多數人都喜歡待在空調房裏麵 。開空調的話隻是將空調打開而已,並沒有什麽特別...你空調開幾度是什麽梗?空調開到二
    2025-07-19
  • 龍淑芬什麽梗

    龍淑芬什麽梗?出自《歡樂喜劇人第五季》第四期,盧鑫玉浩的相聲《俠客行不行》:說到小龍女的本名,竟然叫“龍淑芬”。重慶有家特別有名的燒烤串串,就叫重慶串串-淑芬掌...淑芬是什麽梗問題一:何娟淑芬是什麽
    2025-07-19
  • 'Rocket League' Championship Series Season 2 offers $250,000 prize pool

    Rocket League 。's competitive scene is just getting started. 。The 。 Rocket League 。Championship Series i
    2025-07-19
  • 啥也不是這句話是什麽梗

    “你追了我八條街,我都給你說了 ,我不是你爹”這句話是什麽梗?可能是遊戲裏的內容吧,這樣的差不多內容也是有很多,一般都是在遊戲裏的,很多這樣的情況可能是遊戲裏的內容吧,這樣的差不多內容也是有很多,一般都
    2025-07-19

最新评论