The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. April 6, 2016 WhatsApp Messenger Adds Encryption for 1 Billion Users ------------------------------------------------------ The global messenger application Whats App has added end-to-end encryption for its more than 1 billion users. This comes a week after the FBI abandoned a high-profile legal battle against Apple over the i Phone's encryption, after saying the agency was able to crack the i Phone without Apple's help. Topics:Privacy .