"Popular Messaging Apps: Encrypting Is Easy but Authenticating Is Hard"
A recent study conducted by researchers at BYU reveal that users of popular messaging apps, Facebook Messenger, What’sApp, and Viber, are not fully utilizing security options made available on these apps, which leaves users vulnerable to fraud and other forms hacking. Despite the default encryption of messages by these three apps, most users are still not aware of the authentication ceremony in which the identity of the intended recipient is confirmed and that messages are not intercepted by third-parties. This article further discusses this study and the importance of considering user security needs in the development of systems.
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