LINE already protects your messages like WhatsApp
Privacy and security remain basic concepts in communication applications. Something that LINE has known well for years. It should not be forgotten that she was one of the first to introduce end-to-end encryption in her secret chats, where she also allowed the delete messages after a while published in said chat. Well, now he's decided to extend all that protection to normal conversationsSomething that imitates the current operation of WhatsApp, in which all content is perfectly protected from third parties.
Thus, through a simple statement, LINE announces that, starting this month of July, a new version of its application for Android and iOS changes the security aspect of your service. This change affects not only the security, but also the functionality known so far in the aforementioned secret chats And it is that they end up disappearing along with the function of messages that self-destruct A loss some will miss.
However, the change is for the better. Thus, the encryption or protection technology of LINE, known as Letter Sealing,extends to the entire applicationIn other words, all messages sent and received through any chat or conversation, whether individual or group, become end-to-end protected This means that , neither from LINE nor in the case of suffering an attack by a hacker or government espionage , the contents may be viewed or read A protection that ensures the privacy of everyone the messages and not only those that were sent through the secret chats.
Now, this is an optional measure. And it is that users who wish can deactivate Letter Sealing from the menu Chats andvoice calls, within Settings in the application itself. Something that can jeopardize privacy since, even if it is activated by default, some careless users could deactivate it for some reason, making their presence in the application more a mere anecdote and not a real security technology.
In any case, there is a method of security check The menu Encryption Key of the conversation to be secured shows a long code of letters and numbers This must match in your entirely on the same terminal screen of the other chat user If this is the case, the encryption will be fully operational and security will be assured.
Another of the problems in this security change of LINE is the disappearance of secret chats and its possibilities Something that will leave many without the self-destruction of messages, among other issues. However, it is a function that loses meaning if the extension of security to the rest of the application is taken into account.
In short, a tool that takes the leap forward, albeit in a somewhat strange way. And it puts your own security at risk by allowing users to disable Letter Sealing In any case, just download the new version of LINE from Google Play Store and App Storeto have this new option. Still a totally free app
