Facebook is planning to integrate the messaging functions of Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp, according to a report by The New York Times, in a streamlining move that could drag Facebook's sister apps into the same privacy hot water as its core platform.
The Times reports CEO Mark Zuckerberg is personally behind the move to integrate. The three messaging services — currently independent offerings — would remain standalone apps, but would allow for communication between the apps for the first time. A Messenger user could ping a friend on WhatsApp, for example.
All three apps would offer end-to-end encryption, according to the report.
A spokesperson for Facebook told the New York Times the company is "working on making more of our messaging products end-to-end encrypted and considering ways to make it easier to reach friends and family across networks."
Facebook did not immediately return request for comment from CNBC.
Read the full report at The New York Times.
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