Facebook will begin testing end-to-end encryption as default on Messenger app

Users who do not opt in to encryption could be vulnerable to unwitting access to their messages – including police searchesFacebook announced on Thursday it will begin testing end-to-end encryption as the default option for some users of its Messenger app on Android and iOS.The development comes as the company is facing backlash for handing over messages to a Nebraska police department that aided the department in filing charges against a teen and her mother for allegedly conducting an ill