WhatsApp strengthens encryption in wake of iPhone case


A security update message is seen on a Whatsapp message in this illustration photo April 6, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

WASHINGTON: Facebook announced it had bolstered the default encryption settings for the more than one billion users of its popular WhatsApp messaging service so that all messages will now be accessible only to the sender and recipient. 

The update arrives amid a heightened international debate over how much access law enforcement should have to digital communications and follows a high-profile showdown between Apple and the FBI over an encrypted iPhone linked to one of the San Bernardino shooters. 

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