![]() That said, Viber’s latest move confirms again that end-to-end encryption is now the industry norm. Experts like to see evidence of a security tool’s effectiveness and are deeply suspicious of home-brewed encryption protocols. If you’re a Viber user and you suspect someone is trying to snoop on your communications, it may be best to proceed with caution for now. “Our encryption protocol was based on an open source protocol concept, with an extra level of security developed in-house,” Viber added. Viber told Fortune it has already conducted internal audits of the code, and it will commission external audits in the coming weeks. By way of contrast, the people who designed WhatsApp’s encryption are well-known and well-respected, and that code has been thoroughly inspected. At the time of writing, it does not look like Viber has published a whitepaper describing its cryptographic technology, nor has any external party audited its code. ![]() Should you trust Viber’s encryption? That depends. What’s more, Viber has also launched “hidden chats” to protect the privacy of users who, for example, share tablets with family members. This isn’t only protection against hackers it also means the service provider cannot be compelled by court order to reveal the content of the communications (at least, not successfully). The company providing the communications service, Viber in this case, has no such view. “We have been working on this for a long time and are proud that our users can confidently use Viber without fear of their messages being intercepted.”Įnd-to-end encryption means only the people communicating get to see the conversation. “Our users will be able to securely communicate across all of their devices through end-to-end encryption,” chief operating officer Michael Shmilov wrote in a blog post. Get Data Sheet, Fortune ’s technology newsletter. ![]() The deployment covers all of Viber’s apps, securing text and voice chats, both one-to-one and group. That figure is not quite WhatsApp (FB) territory with its billion-plus regular users, but it’s a sizable user base, nonetheless. Millions of Viber users call, text, and send photos to each other, worldwide - for free. ![]() Viber, a Cypriot-Israeli operation owned by Japanese web giant Rakuten (RKUNF), has roughly 250 million monthly active users and 711 million users total. Viber lets everyone in the world connect. ![]()
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