From their blog:
WhatsApp has always prioritized making your data and communication as secure as possible. And today, we’re proud to announce that we’ve completed a technological development that makes WhatsApp a leader in protecting your private communication: full end-to-end encryption. From now on when you and your contacts use the latest version of the app, every call you make, and every message, photo, video, file, and voice message you send, is end-to-end encrypted by default, including group chats.
Read more here.
I LOVE IT! FABULOUS!
I use Whats App all the time because I have lots of foreign contacts and I have never had any complaints with the app. This new development has just made me love the company even more.
LOVE IT. LOVE IT. LOVE IT.