Increased security: Google Messages group chats will soon be encrypted

Google is working on encrypting group chats in its Messages app, a feature that has been present in two-way conversations for two years.

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end to end encryption arrived at the end of 2020 to the individual conversations of Messages, at the same time that Google culminated the rollout of the rich messages RCS.

In May, the company confirmed that the encryption would arrive at the end of this year to the RCS groups of Messages, which in recent days have begun to show in some cases the indication that is in testing.

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Specific, a reddit user has shared several screenshots of a group chat with participants from Google and Samsung messaging applications. In it, a notification appeared that the sent message was encrypted.

In 9to5Google they indicate that it is a early test, which will return the chat to its previous, unencrypted state. The open beta is still expected in the remainder of the year.

Source: Elcomercio

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