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10-05-2016, 10:59 AM
You can **w encrypt your Facebook Messenger chats
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Your Facebook Messenger chats can **w be secure from prying eyes — with a few caveats.
Facebook began implementing end-to-end encryption (http://mashable.com/2016/07/08/facebook-secret-conversations/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) to all of its 900 million Messenger users earlier this year, and that roll-out has finished, the company told Wired Tuesday (https://www.wired.com/2016/10/facebook-completely-encrypted-messenger-update-**w/).
SEE ALSO: WhatsApp vs. Signal vs. Google Allo: Which app is best for privacy? (http://mashable.com/2016/06/28/whatsapp-vs-signal/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The privacy-centric feature is available as "secret conversations," on the top right of Messenger's "new message" screen. In addition to texts and photos, Facebook has put the encryption layer on stickers as well, but videos and GIFs are **t included. Furthermore, the feature doesn't work for group chats, and it needs to be turned on for each individual conversation.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/10/05/facebook-messenger-end-to-end-encryption-rollout/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Signal (http://mashable.com/category/signal/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Privacy (http://mashable.com/category/privacy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Facebook Messenger (http://mashable.com/category/facebook-messenger/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Messenger (http://mashable.com/category/messenger/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/d8nInEFCL0U
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Your Facebook Messenger chats can **w be secure from prying eyes — with a few caveats.
Facebook began implementing end-to-end encryption (http://mashable.com/2016/07/08/facebook-secret-conversations/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) to all of its 900 million Messenger users earlier this year, and that roll-out has finished, the company told Wired Tuesday (https://www.wired.com/2016/10/facebook-completely-encrypted-messenger-update-**w/).
SEE ALSO: WhatsApp vs. Signal vs. Google Allo: Which app is best for privacy? (http://mashable.com/2016/06/28/whatsapp-vs-signal/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The privacy-centric feature is available as "secret conversations," on the top right of Messenger's "new message" screen. In addition to texts and photos, Facebook has put the encryption layer on stickers as well, but videos and GIFs are **t included. Furthermore, the feature doesn't work for group chats, and it needs to be turned on for each individual conversation.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/10/05/facebook-messenger-end-to-end-encryption-rollout/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Signal (http://mashable.com/category/signal/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Privacy (http://mashable.com/category/privacy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Facebook Messenger (http://mashable.com/category/facebook-messenger/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Messenger (http://mashable.com/category/messenger/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/d8nInEFCL0U