What the other services like Whatsapp and Signal have been doing is allowing you to compare key fingerprints with the person on the other end, ensuring that there is no ‘man-in-the-middle’ i.e. However, what makes it not so promising is the fact that Viber has not yet revealed the how of the encryption they’re using. We will continue to make this an ongoing priority as digital communication evolves”, said Viber’s COO, Michael Shmilov.Īll of that until now has been good and sounds promising. Because of this, we have spent a long time working on this latest update to ensure that our users have the most sophisticated security available and maximum control over their communications. “ We take our users’ security and privacy very seriously, and it’s critical to us that they feel confident and protected when using Viber. Thus, ensuring that no one other than the intended recipient has access to your personal communication.
When end-to-end encryption is activated, every message you send is converted into a code, and only someone with the decryption key can convert it back to legible text. To basically understand how that ensures safety and privacy of the users, what you need to understand is how encryption works. This would be applicable to the latest version (Version 6.0), of the app on Mac computers, Windows PCs, iOS, and Android devices. Viber announced last month that it is bringing end-to-end encryption to its users - for chats, as well as calls. It has about 700 million users around the globe.
Viber is an app that can be used for instant messaging as well as making person-to-peron voice calls.
It just added end-to-end encryption to its app, or at least so it says.Ĭritics of Viber have a different set of things to say.
Viber recently jumped onto the growing list of apps that are becoming secure, to ward off customer-uncertainty. So, risk there is (as Yoda would’ve said). While you may not really have thought of it, or yet realised it, but this post-PC era (as Apple coined it) has created a new world where you use hundreds of apps, interact with all manners of people, and share a lot of information, both personal and professional. In the times of the FBI-Apple fiasco, Blackberry’s security breach in Canada, and Whatsapp getting end-to-end encryption, personal security is undoubtedly a key concern for users all over the globe.