Key Highlights
- EFF is calling out stalled features like encrypted group chats, cross-platform RCS security, and private DMs on newer platforms.
- EFF is giving people tools and templates to publicly demand better privacy from major platforms.
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation has started a new campaign urging major tech companies to keep their privacy promises and make strong encryption the default for everyone. In a move that echoes its 2019 “Fix It Already” campaign, the digital rights nonprofit is calling out specific failures from Apple, Google, Meta, and others, challenging them to turn vague commitments into concrete privacy features for everyone. End-to-end encryption (E2EE) is considered the best way to protect privacy.
- It means only you and the person you’re talking to can read your messages or see your data — not the service provider, advertisers, or even government agencies.
- You see this in practice with WhatsApp and Signal chats, or with Apple’s Advanced Data Protection for iCloud, where you hold the encryption keys.
