Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike announced that his new company, Confer, will integrate encryption technology into Meta AI. This partnership provides end-to-end encryption for user interactions with Meta’s chatbot. The technology ensures that conversation contents remain private and inaccessible to Meta.
The move addresses privacy concerns regarding AI platforms that traditionally store and analyze user data. This collaboration mirrors Marlinspike’s integration of the Signal Protocol into WhatsApp a decade ago. The initiative aims to establish a new privacy standard for mainstream AI assistants by combining Confer’s technology with Meta’s models.