Only 1 in 250 understand role of encryption in securing messaging
Technology News Only one in 250 people understood how end-to-end encryption secures the privacy of their chats on messaging apps and are willing to pay some amount to protect their conversations, a study has found.
"Understanding Consumers Perspective on Encryption in India," by Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS International), had 2,113 respondents aged between 18 and 65.
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All respondents-- an almost equal number of males and females--used WhatsApp, 20 per cent used Telegram, 8 per cent used iMessage, 2 per cent used Signal, 1 percent used Viber, and 2 per cent used Line.
People are willing to pay Re 1 per day, on an average, to secure their conversations, said the study. Encryption is the practice of scrambling data to make it unintelligible for even the service providers...Read more.
