Google's ''Chat'' service a precious gift to cybercriminals: Amnesty
A Google spokesperson confirmed that the new service will not use end-to-end encryption and that Google is "pausing investment" in its existing mobile messaging app "Allo" which has an option for end-to-end encryption. "Not only does this shockingly retrograde step leave Google lagging behind its closest competitors -- Apple`s iMessage and Facebook`s WhatsApp both have end-to-end encryption in place by default -- it is also a step backwards from the company`s previous attempts at online messaging," Joe Westby, a technology and human rights researcher at Amnesty International, said on Friday
Amnesty International considers end-to-end encryption a minimum requirement for technology companies to ensure that private information in messaging apps stays private. Image source: Reuters