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10-05-2016, 08:28 PM
Facebook missed a big opportunity with end-to-end encryption in Messenger
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After testing the feature on a small set of users since July (http://mashable.com/2016/07/08/facebook-secret-conversations/), Facebook has **w enabled end-to-end encryption for all Messenger users.*
The way it's implemented, though, **t many of those users will care.*
SEE ALSO: You can **w encrypt your Facebook Messenger chats (http://mashable.com/2016/10/05/facebook-messenger-end-to-end-encryption-rollout/)
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After testing the feature on a small set of users since July (http://mashable.com/2016/07/08/facebook-secret-conversations/), Facebook has **w enabled end-to-end encryption for all Messenger users.*
The way it's implemented, though, **t many of those users will care.*
SEE ALSO: You can **w encrypt your Facebook Messenger chats (http://mashable.com/2016/10/05/facebook-messenger-end-to-end-encryption-rollout/)
First, a word on end-to-end encryption. Despite Facebook's claims that your chats on Messenger are pretty secure even without it, end-to-end encryption is what you want. The presence of the feature means it's very hard for your messages to be intercepted and read by a third party, be it a malicious ******, internet provider or a government organization s**oping around (and there's good reason (http://mashable.com/2016/10/04/yahoo-email-scan/) to believe they are). With end-to-end encryption, the content is encrypted on your device, delivered to the recipient's device and decrypted there — and vice versa.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/10/05/facebook-messenger-encryption/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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