WhatsApp are now encrypting end-to-end user data according to their blog post. That means the messages sent by the service's more than 1 billion users are scrambled up as they travel through WhatsApp's systems and across the Internet, and only the recipient can see or hear them. That's sure to add tension to the already high-stakes encryption debate raging between Silicon Valley and the US Federal government. The issue at stake is whether government investigators should have a way to pry into our data and communications. Tech companies say no.
