By: Bloomberg | Published: May 14, 2020 12:04:44 pm Zoom will bolster security for all users on May 30 with GCM-level encryption, which is lower than the end-to-end standard. (Image: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg)

Zoom Video Communications Inc said it will share details on May 22 of its plan to offer users end-to-end encryption, seeking to quell concerns that the popular conferencing tool has lax security practices.

Zoom will seek public feedback on its encryption design before implementing the stepped-up procedures, executives said Wednesday during a weekly webinar focused on security. End-to-end encryption, the highest standard of digital communications security, makes messages, video, audio and photos impossible to decipher by third parties. The results of Zooms public review will help determine when end-to-end encryption becomes available for meeting participants.

San Jose, California-based Zoom will bolster security for all users on May 30 with GCM-level encryption, which is lower than the end-to-end standard. The company will also let hosts prevent participants from accessing a single meeting through multiple devices. These changes are part of the companys pledge to conduct a three-month security review.

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Zoom has leaped to the forefront of video-meeting apps from a little-known business enterprise tool as millions of people have been forced home by the coronavirus pandemic. The company has been lambasted for a variety of security lapses, including users unknowingly sending data to Facebook Inc when they logged into Zoom and some calls being routed through China even though no participant was based there. Concerns that the Chinese government may be snooping on some sensitive Zoom meetings has made encryption a key pillar of the effort to restore the companys reputation. The software maker bought secure-messaging provider Keybase Inc last week to harness the startups encryption expertise. Max Krohn, the co-founder of Keybase, is now head of security engineering at Zoom and will play an instrumental role encrypting the companys platform.

Shares increased 3 per cent to $165.86 at 3:06 pm in New York while the broader markets slumped. The stock has more than doubled this year.

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In addition, the Encryption Software market report introduced the market through various factors such as classifications, definitions, market overview, product specifications, cost structures, manufacturing processes, raw materials and applications. This report also provides key data on SWOT analysis, return data for investments and feasibility analysis for investments. The Encryption Software market study also highlights the extremely lucrative market opportunities that are influencing the growth of the global market. In addition, the study offers a complete analysis of market size, segmentation and market share. In addition, the Encryption Software report contains market dynamics such as market restrictions, growth drivers, opportunities, service providers, stakeholders, investors, important market participants, profile assessment and challenges of the global market.

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The report also underscores their strategics planning including mergers, acquisitions, ventures, partnerships, product launches, and brand developments. Additionally, the report renders the exhaustive analysis of crucial market segments, which includes Encryption Software types, applications, and regions. The segmentation sections cover analytical and forecast details of each segment based on their profitability, global demand, current revue, and development prospects. The report further scrutinizes diverse regions including North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, and South America. The report eventually helps clients in driving their Encryption Software business wisely and building superior strategies for their Encryption Software businesses.

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1 Introduction of Encryption Software Market

1.1 Overview of the Market1.2 Scope of Report1.3 Assumptions

2 Executive Summary

3 Research Methodology

3.1 Data Mining3.2 Validation3.3 Primary Interviews3.4 List of Data Sources

4 Encryption Software Market Outlook

4.1 Overview4.2 Market Dynamics4.2.1 Drivers4.2.2 Restraints4.2.3 Opportunities4.3 Porters Five Force Model4.4 Value Chain Analysis

5 Encryption Software Market, By Deployment Model

5.1 Overview

6 Encryption Software Market, By Solution

6.1 Overview

7 Encryption Software Market, By Vertical

7.1 Overview

8 Encryption Software Market, By Geography

8.1 Overview8.2 North America8.2.1 U.S.8.2.2 Canada8.2.3 Mexico8.3 Europe8.3.1 Germany8.3.2 U.K.8.3.3 France8.3.4 Rest of Europe8.4 Asia Pacific8.4.1 China8.4.2 Japan8.4.3 India8.4.4 Rest of Asia Pacific8.5 Rest of the World8.5.1 Latin America8.5.2 Middle East

9 Encryption Software Market Competitive Landscape

9.1 Overview9.2 Company Market Ranking9.3 Key Development Strategies

10 Company Profiles

10.1.1 Overview10.1.2 Financial Performance10.1.3 Product Outlook10.1.4 Key Developments

11 Appendix

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LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The cloud encryption software market is expected to grow by USD 2.82 billion during 2020-2024. The report also provides the market impact and new opportunities created due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The impact can be expected to be significant in the first quarter but gradually lessen in subsequent quarters with a limited impact on the full-year economic growth according to the latest market research report by Technavio.

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The increasing use of in-built cloud encryption solutions is expected to drive the growth of the market. Location-independent tasks and cloud hosting requires cloud encryption software for data and business security along with the adoption of the software as a service method. Cloud encryption software delivers data security by masking important data and information through encryption. Various organizations are adopting in-built cloud encryption software to mitigate the possibility of data breaches. In addition, the increasing use of mobile devices is creating a need to protect personal information, which will drive the demand for in-built cloud encryption during the forecast period.

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The global outbreak of COVID-19 is expected to have a neutral impact on the growth of the global cloud encryption software market. The global market is not expected to see any major impact of COVID-19 spread. One of the key factors for the market to sustain is the increased efforts of companies to provide work from home facilities to their employees due to lockdown across various countries. This increases the chances of data breaches and cyber thefts, thereby driving the demand for cloud encryption solution.

As per Technavio, the growing adoption of biometric encryption will have a positive impact on the market and contribute to its growth significantly over the forecast period. This research report also analyzes other significant trends and market drivers that will influence market growth over 2020-2024.

Cloud Encryption Software Market: Growing Adoption of Biometric Encryption

The growing adoption of biometric encryption is one of the key emerging trends in the global cloud encryption software market. Biometric verification allows access to a system by recognizing distinctive biological traits such as fingerprint, voice, iris, or facial lineaments. A fingerprint scan to access office premises is one such example. Biometric devices also store sensitive information. Thus, players in the market are offering biometric encryption systems to end-user industries to deal with the increasing security threats. The demand for biometric encryption, is hence, expected to increase from SMEs as the solution is affordable.

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This market research report segments the cloud encryption software market by end-user (BFSI, manufacturing, professional services, healthcare, and others) and geography (North America, Europe, APAC, South America, and MEA).

The North American region led the cloud encryption software market share in 2019, followed by Europe, APAC, South America, and MEA respectively. During the forecast period, the North American region is expected to register the highest incremental growth due to factors such as the rising demand for security solutions from a majority of data centers, and growing adoption of biometric encryption.

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Tauria is the only solution that offers full end-to-end, no knowledge encryption to protect businesses communication and work

WATERLOO, ON , May 12, 2020 /CNW/ -Tauria, a Waterloo -based software encryption company, is excited to announce that today it is launching its secure video conferencing and business suite. This will protect businesses confidential information by providing end-to-end encryption, at a time where other video conferencing solutions have had massive security breaches and have sold sensitive user information with third parties. Tauria has the capability to support up to 50 people on video conference calls, while also allowing users to send messages, organize schedules, share files and much more, all fully encrypted. This makes Tauria the only end-to-end encrypted video conferencing solution for groups.

Tauria, a Waterloo-based software encryption company, is excited to announce the launch of its secure video conferencing and business suite. (CNW Group/Tauria)

The timely launch of Tauria coincides with a dramatic increase in the number of companies resorting to online webinar formats, video conferencing tools and digital communication platforms to manage business operations in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. As use of these tools and platforms has skyrocketed, so too have the number of incidents regarding their lack of privacy and numerous security vulnerabilities.

"It is incredibly important for us to create a product that is fully end-to-end, no knowledge encrypted to protect businesses. Encryption is the foundation of everything we do," said Tauria CEO Jesse Th.

No-knowledge encryption ensures that not even Tauria staff have access to the information that is shared on the platform or through the video conferencing feature. This is a fundamental distinction between Tauria and companies like Zoom, Microsoft, Google and Slack, all of whom can access users' private information and whose substandard security features have been publicly exposed. Tauria's safe guarding against even its own employees guarantees the highest level of privacy and security in the market.

As public institutions and companies with proprietary or personal client information migrate to cloud-based solutions to facilitate communication during this pandemic, safeguarding private information has become increasingly challenging. Hospitals, law offices, municipalities, school boards and accounting firms require the level of protection offered with end-to-end, no knowledge user encryption as per corporate governance policies, but have struggled with finding a platform that offers this level of protection.

"We are setting a new standard for both the private and public sector to secure private information while facilitating digital connectivity," said Th. "This communication tool has the power to transform service delivery for a multitude of industries."

During COVID-19 Tauria has discounted its services to ensure that secure and encrypted communications for businesses is more accessible.

With companies relying on business collaboration tools to facilitate remote work during the coronavirus outbreak, Tauria is offering its platform free for one month. By enhancing digital communication through Tauria's secure platform, companies will be able to execute day-to-day business operations while protecting sensitive information.

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94 percent of organisations now have a policy that requires encryption of all data held on removable media

MANCHESTER, UK 14 May, 2020 Apricorn, the leading manufacturer of software-free, 256-bit AES XTS hardware-encrypted USB drives today announced findings of its annual survey into the attitudes towards data breaches and the implementation of encryption technology within organisations. Almost half (43 per cent) of surveyed IT decision makers said that their organisation has been reported to the ICO since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect. The survey also highlighted an increase in the implementation of encryption and endpoint control since GDPR was enforced.

A quarter of respondents (25%) said they had notified the ICO of a breach or potential breach within their organisation, whilst 21 per cent have had a breach or potential breach reported by someone else. Over 160,000 breach notifications have been made to data supervisory authorities in the European Economic Area (EEA) since GDPR came into play, according to a data breach survey carried out by law firm DLA Piper, up to the end of January 2020.

The fact that so many businesses are now choosing to notify of a potential breach is positive, but likely precautionary to avoid falling foul of the requirements and any significant financial or reputational ramifications, commented Jon Fielding, Managing Director EMEA, Apricorn.

However, these concerns are being mitigated by an increase in encryption and endpoint control. Nearly all respondents (94%) say their organisation has a policy that requires encryption of all data held on removable media. Of those that encrypt all data held on removable media, more than half (57%) hardware encrypt all information as standard on all removable media.

Of those with an information security strategy that covers employees use of their own IT equipment for mobile/remote working, Forty two per cent said they permitted only corporate IT provisioned/approved devices, and have strict security measures in place to enforce this with endpoint control, which shows a huge rise compared with 12 per cent in 2019, highlighting a positive shift in focus towards endpoint control.

When questioned on whether they had seen an increase in the implementation of encryption in their organisation since GDPR was enforced, nearly four in ten (39%) have noticed an increase, and their organisation now requires all data to be encrypted as standard, whether it's at rest or in transit. This is a positive step given the number of employees now working remotely as a result of the current pandemic.

Whilst many businesses are currently encrypting devices, they also highlighted that they have no further plans to expand encryption on USB sticks (38%), laptops (32%), desktops (37%), mobiles (31%) and portable hard drives (40%). This is worrying given the risks posed to corporate data being held on unencrypted devices. Businesses should allow only corporately approved, hardware encrypted devices that are whitelisted on the IT infrastructure, and block access to all non-approved media through end point control.

The wide variety of options for encryption deployment can be intimidating, and companies havent been using it effectively. Organisations are now beginning to recognise the importance of endpoint hardware encryption and the need to implement and enforce policies to protect corporate data, ensure compliance with data protection regulations, and reduce the potential for a data breach, points out Fielding.

When asked about the impact of a data breach on their organisation, more than a third (35%) of respondents cited that damage to the brand and reputation of the business is their main concern. This was followed by concerns over financial costs for incident response and clean-up (28%), loss of customer trust (18%) and financial costs resulting from a fine (12%).

Focusing on how best to manage and respond to a potential breach in cooperation with data protection authorities is essential. Being able to establish a cause and remediate quickly will put businesses in good stead for breach recovery, added Fielding.

Employees unintentionally putting data at risk remains the leading cause (33%) of a data breach, with lost or misplaced devices now the second biggest cause (24%), and third parties mishandling corporate information not far behind (23%). This correlates with the fact that despite more than a third (35%) of the survey respondents having complete visibility of which devices employees are using to access the corporate network, they are not certain that all are secure.

Fielding said its clear that GDPR is finally having some impact, but businesses need to recognise that compliance is ongoing and they should continue to enforce and update all policies. Equally, more needs to be done in terms of employee awareness and education if they want to reduce the risk of a data breach, particularly given the increase in data moving beyond the corporate network.

About the surveyThe research was conducted between 25.03.2020 - 27.03.2020, by Censuswide. Respondents were 100 UK IT decision makers (CIOs, Heads of IT, IT directors, Senior IT managers etc.) from enterprise organisations (1000+ employees) within the financial services, IT, manufacturing, business and professional services sectors. Censuswide abides by and employs members of the Market Research Society which is based on the ESOMAR principles.

About Apricorn Headquartered in Poway, California, Apricorn provides secure storage innovations to the most prominent companies in the categories of finance, healthcare, education, and government throughout North America, Canada and EMEA. Apricorn products have become the trusted standard for a myriad of data security strategies worldwide. Founded in 1983, numerous award-winning products have been developed under the Apricorn brand as well as for a number of leading computer manufacturers on an OEM basis.

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Several encrypted drives have come through over the years, a large portion taking advantage of a keypad entry system while others use a central management platform to allow corporations to remotely manage large arrays of drives in the field.

One significant issue for encrypted drives using the flash drive form factor has been performance, with many drives doing quite well in read operations allowing writes to fall to the wayside or vice versa. DataLocker has seemingly solved all of these issues with its Sentry K300, putting a high-performance micro SSD inside a flash drive form factor that can be standalone with a keypad and remotely managed if you need a large array of these drives in the field.

Capacity options for the K300 include 8GB through 256GB, our model in house is the 8GB solution. Connectivity is handled over a USB 3.2 Gen 1 connection, suitable for ~550 MB/s with a FIPS 197 certification for AES 256-bit encryption. This solution is also TAA compliant for government agencies that want to buy in.

The MSRP of the 8GB DataLocker Sentry K300 in the 8GB capacity comes in at $139.99 with a three-year warranty.

Packaging lists capacity to the left with a full list of features on the right. You get a window to the drive through a plastic retainer.

The back goes into more detail, including its IP57 and TAA compliance. You will also find a quick guide to set up the drive.

The drive itself features a slim black chassis, 12 buttons for input, and screen at the top.

Connectivity is handled over a USB-A port, blue in color, to denote USB 3.2 Gen 1.

The usable capacity of the K300 is 6.88GB.

Performance is quite a bit higher than past solutions. The K300 was able to bring in 233 MB/s read and 107 MB/s write in sequential testing.

ATTO showed pretty consistent performance with varying file sizes. The peak was reached at 32K for write at 102 MB/s and read at 128K, 217 MB/s.

The DataLocker K300 could quite easily be the best encrypted solution we have tested. Performance is certainly delivered well above my expectations, and the build quality is quite good too. The single-piece aluminum shell helps with the IP57 certification, and the screen embedded at the top helps the navigation of the drive overall.

Performance numbers, as mentioned, were well above what I was expecting to get from the K300. Experience has shown encrypted solutions not to perform all that well. 160 MB/s is considered pretty damn good in my book, and the K300 exceeded that by a large margin.

The cost of this solution is as expected, a bit higher than your standard 8GB flash drive. The encrypted nature and the BOM is also much higher. That said, $139.99 isn't all that terrible, and with all the features baked into the drive and the addition of remote management capabilities, it makes this one to look at.

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With growing censorship and regulations threatening global internet freedom and security, in turn, weve seen an increasing number of services become available to protect your online web browsing.

Virtual Private Networks (or VPN) have become increasingly popular in recent years for their ability to bypass government censorship and geo-blocked websites and services, and do so without giving away who is doing the bypassing.

For a VPN to do this, it creates what is known as a tunnel between you and the internet, encrypting your internet connection and stopping ISPs, hackers, and even the government from nosing through your browsing activity.

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When you connect to the internet with a VPN, it creates a connection between you and the internet that surrounds your internet data like a tunnel, encrypting the data packets your device sends.

While technically created by a VPN, the tunnel on its own cant be considered private unless its accompanied with encryption strong enough to prevent governments or ISPs from intercepting and reading your internet activity.

The level of encryption the tunnel has depends on the type of tunneling protocol used to encapsulate and encrypt the data going to and from your device and the internet.

There are many types of VPN protocols that offer varying levels of security and other features. The most commonly used tunneling protocols in the VPN industry are PPTP, L2TP/IPSec, SSTP, and OpenVPN - and the world's best VPN services should offer most or all of them. Lets take a closer look at them.

Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is one of the oldest protocols still being used by VPNs today. Developed by Microsoft and released with Windows 95, PPTP encrypts your data in packets and sends them through a tunnel it creates over your network connection.

PPTP is one of the easiest protocols to configure, requiring only a username, password, and server address to connect to the server. Its one of the fastest VPN protocols because of its low encryption level.

While it boasts fast connection speeds, the low level of encryption makes PPTP one of the least secure protocols you can use to protect your data. With known vulnerabilities dating as far back as 1998, and the absence of strong encryption, youll want to avoid using this protocol if you need solid online security and anonymity government agencies and authorities like the NSA have been able to compromise the protocols encryption.

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) is used in conjunction with Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) to create a more secure tunneling protocol than PPTP. L2TP encapsulates the data, but isnt adequately encrypted until IPSec wraps the data again with its own encryption to create two layers of encryption, securing the confidentiality of the data packets going through the tunnel.

L2TP/IPSec provides AES-256 bit encryption, one of the most advanced encryption standards that can be implemented. This double encapsulation does, however, make it a little slower than PPTP. It can also struggle with bypassing restrictive firewalls because it uses fixed ports, making VPN connections with L2TP easier to block. L2TP/IPSec is nonetheless a very popular protocol given the high level of security it provides.

Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol, named for its ability to transport internet data through the Secure Sockets Layer or SSL, is supported natively on Windows, making it easy for Windows users to set up this particular protocol. SSL makes internet data going through SSTP very secure, and because the port it uses isnt fixed, it is less likely to struggle with firewalls than L2TP.

SSL is also used in conjunction with Transport Layer Security (TLS) on your web browsers to add a layer to the site youre visiting to create a secure connection with your device. You can see this implemented whenever the website you visit starts with https instead of http.

As a Windows-based tunneling protocol, SSTP is not available on any other operating system, and hasnt been independently audited for potential backdoors built into the protocol.

Saving the best for last, we have OpenVPN, a relatively recent open source tunneling protocol that uses AES 256-bit encryption to protect data packets. Because the protocol is open source, the code is vetted thoroughly and regularly by the security community, who are constantly looking for potential security flaws.

The protocol is configurable on Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS, although third-party software is required to set up the protocol, and the protocol can be hard to configure. After configuration, however, OpenVPN provides a strong and wide range of cryptographic algorithms that will allow users to keep their internet data secure and to even bypass firewalls at fast connection speeds.

Even though its the fastest, you should steer clear of PPTP if you want to keep your internet data secure. L2TP/IPSec provides 256-bit encryption but is slower and struggles with firewalls given its fixed ports. SSTP, while very secure, is only available on Windows, and closed off from security checks for built-in backdoors.

OpenVPN, with its open source code, strong encryption, and ability to bypass firewalls, is the best tunneling protocol to keep your internet data secure. While it requires third-party software that isnt available on all operating systems, for the most secure VPN connection to the internet, youll want to use the OpenVPN protocol.

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While the country is facing a daily Covid-19 death toll in the thousands and the coronavirus outbreak snakes its way inside the executive branch, Congress is currently considering a vast expansion of the Justice Departments power over online platforms and the people who use them. Should these measures pass, Americans web-searching and browsing histories could be collected by the FBI without a warrant. But thats just the preeminent concern. Should Congress grant the DOJ all the power it is seeking, users may also lose access to apps that use end-to-end encryption (like Signal and Facebook Messenger), and the kinds of content they can currently post online may find themselves subject to additional moderation and monitoring.

The exposure of search and browser histories would be the result of an amendment to the Patriot Act, passed in 2001 and up for reauthorization. As reported by Spencer Ackerman at The Daily Beast, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is pushing for an amendment extending those powers to the FBI, under cover of redressing what President Donald Trump and his allies call the FBIs witch hunt over collusion with the Kremlin. The Patriot Act requires that materials that are relevant to an ongoing investigation be turned over; McConnells amendment expands that, as Democratic Senator Ron Wyden told The Daily Beast, so that [Attorney General Bill] Barr gets to look through the web browsing history of any Americanincluding journalists, politicians, and political rivalswithout a warrant, just by saying it is relevant to an investigation.

As for the possibility that Congress may substantially diminish the rights we currently enjoy in terms of content creation and user encryption, that might come about through the passage of the EARN IT ActEliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies. Introduced by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, with the support of Democratic senators such as Richard Blumenthal and Dianne Feinstein, the new bill could threaten online privacy by requiring online platforms like Facebook to earn immunity from liability for user-generated contentsomething they already are granted under lawby meeting a new set of child safety requirements. Compliance in these matters would, once again, be overseen by the attorney general. These requirements would likely necessitate that companies monitor their users, including what they share in private or encrypted communications, to ensure that child sexual abuse material (child pornography) is not being disseminated on their platforms. Barr would have authority over the guidelines as well, which are not enumerated in the bill.

Together, EARN It and Mitch McConnells Patriot Act amendments would give the most corrupt attorney general of our lifetime unprecedented ability to pry into everything Americans do and say online, Wyden told The New Republic in a statement. It would be an unconscionable mistake for Democrats to hand Donald Trump and Attorney General Barr these sprawling powers, especially during the Covid-19 crisis, when Americans are spending more and more time on our devices.

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The Facebook Messenger Rooms is now available for WhatsApp for Android, well, at least those users who want to try out the latest beta of the popular instant messaging app. The latest beta incudes the Messenger Rooms feature with lets you do group video calls with up to 50 people. After it became globally available on Facebook or the Messenger app depending on which country you are in, the rollout has now started on WhatsApp as well.

For this, you need to download the WhatsApp for Android beta 2.20.163 on your Android phone. This comes from the ever-reliable folks over at WABetaInfo. This feature is still being activated globally, and you may not initially get it. But have patience, it will happen. If Messenger Rooms is available for you, it will show up as Rooms in the chat sheet in any chat windowthe same menu that allows you to share documents, location, contacts and access the gallery on the phone to share photos and videos.

Secondly, if you go to the Calls tab in WhatsApp for Android beta, you will see the Create a Room option when you tap on the calling button to add or dial contacts.

From what we can figure out about the current implementation of Messenger Rooms in WhatsApp, you will still be directed to the Messenger app to continue using the group calling feature. This could be a very smart way of driving more downloads of Facebooks Messenger app. The requirements of end-to-end encryption could perhaps be the main reason, which is why Facebook has been looking to get all its apps under one encryption family to allow seamless interoperability.

Initially, Messenger Rooms that allows up to 50 people in one group video chat, could be accessed via Facebook or Messenger apps and desktop versions and remains free of charge to use. Globally, users can create new Rooms via the Messenger app for the time being, while users in the US can create a room from Facebook. Now, WhatsApp is set to get this feature as well.

It is expected that the WhatsApp beta for the iPhone should also soon get the Messenger Rooms feature, which would mean we are one step closer to the final release for all users globally.

The integration with WhatsApp, which has more than 2 billion users worldwide, gives Facebook an advantage in terms of a potential user base as it competes with apps such as Zoom, Microsofts Skype, Google Hangouts, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Houseparty and more.

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