Privacy News EFF: Introducing Encrypt It Already

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https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/introducing-encrypt-it-already

Today, we’re launching Encrypt It Already, our push to get companies to offer stronger privacy protections to our data and communications by implementing end-to-end encryption. If that name sounds a little familiar, it’s because this is a spiritual successor to our 2019 campaign, Fix It Already, a campaign where we pushed companies to fix longstanding issues.

End-to-end encryption is the best way we have to protect our conversations and data. It ensures the company that provides a service cannot access the data or messages you store on it. So, for secure chat apps like WhatsApp and Signal, that means the company that makes those apps cannot see the contents of your messages, and they’re only accessible on your and your recipients. When it comes to data, like what’s stored using Apple’s Advanced Data Protection, it means you control the encryption keys and the service provider will not be able to access the data.

We’ve divided this up into three categories, each with three different demands:

• Keep your Promises: Features that the company has publicly stated they’re working on, but which haven’t launched yet.
  • Facebook should use end-to-end encryption for group messages
  • Apple and Google should deliver on their promise of interoperable end-to-end encryption of RCS
  • Bluesky should launch its promised end-to-end encryption for DMs
• Defaults Matter: Features that are available on a service or in app already, but aren’t enabled by default.
  • Telegram should default to end-to-end encryption for DMs
  • WhatsApp should use end-to-end encryption for backups by default
  • Ring should enable end-to-end encryption for its cameras by default
• Protect Our Data: New features that companies should launch, often because their competition is doing it already.
  • Google should launch end-to-end encryption for Google Authenticator backups
  • Google should offer end-to-end encryption for Android backup data
  • Apple and Google should offer an AI permissions per app option to block AI access to secure chat apps

What is only half the problem. How is just as important.

Introducing Encrypt It Already

Today, we’re launching Encrypt It Already, our push to get companies to offer stronger privacy protections to our data and communications by implementing end-to-end encryption. If that name sounds a little familiar, it’s because this is a spiritual successor to our 2019 campaign, Fix It Already...

www.eff.org

Encrypt It Already

Encrypt It Already | End-to-end encryption protects the privacy of your data, puts control over how the data gets used into your hands, and is the best way we have to ensure private conversations remain private. Not enough companies use it as broadly as they should. Learn more here.

encryptitalready.org

 

[Victor M]

The company: only you care about your privacy, we and the gov't both don't. We won't lift a finger. We already have XX % of the market, so buzz off.

 

[oldschool]

The company: only you care about your privacy, we and the gov't both don't. We won't lift a finger. We already have XX % of the market, so buzz off.

You can't knock 'em for trying.

 

[Wrecker4923]

You can't knock 'em for trying.

They should keep raising awareness until something significant happens that pushes the governments and voters to advocate for better legislation.