Google Hangouts doesn't use end-to-end encryption

If you're using Google Hangouts as your main messaging service, you might want to know that Hangouts doesn't use end-to-end encryption (E2EE), a must-have feature for messaging services in the post-Snowden world. This was recently confirmed during a Reddit Ask Us Anything (AUA) session by Google's Richard Salgado, Director for Law Enforcement and Information Security, ...

Google admits Hangouts doesn't use end-to-end encryption, opening the door for government wiretaps

If you’re really worried the government may be keeping tabs on your conversations, then you’d best avoid Hangouts. According to Motherboard, a Google representative confirmed that Hangouts conversations are only encrypted “in transit,” meaning after the message arrives at the intended recipient Google could access it if forced to do so by a government wiretap. The question ...