Mobile messaging app, Viber, has joined WhatsApp, Telegram, and Apple iMessage by adding full end-to-end encryption for video, voice and text message services, to increase users' privacy. The move comes after the company announced in May that it had been hacked and stolen from its servers last year. Alongside this, users will also be able to verify their contacts using a new Contact Authentication feature.
Mobile messaging app, Viber, has joined WhatsApp, Telegram, and Apple iMessage by adding full end-to-end encryption for video, voice and text message services, to increase users' privacy. In addition, Viber will provide a PIN-protected hidden chat feature, which will enable users to hide conversations from the main chat list. Alongside this, users will also be able to verify their contacts using a new Contact Authentication feature.