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On Facebook they work to keep safe the relationships and conversations of their users , although they let certain government agencies snoop among all this content, of course. For this reason, and following in the footsteps of what their other star messaging application has done, WhatsApp, they now offer secret conversations on Facebook Messenger A tool that ensures that information is protected against all kinds of prying eyes, leaks, or theft.
And the fact is that Facebook Messenger also allows end-to-end encryptionyour conversations. Explained simply and plainly, this means encoding the messages that leave a mobile with a secret and protected code that only the receiving user has Thus, only he can decode and read the message correctly This prevents even Facebook from having access to the messages , although these travel through their servers. A requirement that more and more users request from their social applications. Of course, in Facebook Messenger you have to activate it manually.
How to set up secret chats
It is about new conversations And it is that these secret chats must cut any extended relationship with the servers of FacebookIn this way, and although functions such as bots are lost, a secure user-to-user relationship is established
The step is simple. Just create a new conversation. On iOS this process is accomplished with the icon in the upper right corner of the pencil and paper In Android it is necessary to click on the floating button in the lower right corner and select Write message
On the next screen, on both platforms, the list of contacts available is displayed in full to start a new conversation. The novelty lies in the icon in the upper right corner A padlock that allows you to switch between conversations normal and secret chats.Something that even changes the color of the screen to show the protective nature of this feature.
With this, all that remains is to choose the contact with whom you want to have a private and secret conversation. The appearance of this chat is shown in an elegant and sober black color. But the really interesting thing is that there is an end encryption to end which protects the conversation. Still, there are other interesting features. For example, it is possible to set a message self-destruct timer Next to the location sending icon, there is a new icon with a timer that allows you to establish different time intervals after which the message ends up deleted, once it is read of course. It also has a section that allows you to compare the security codes and find out if the chat is really secret or if there is a security problem.
Secret conversations are listed alongside normal chats on the same screen However, a small icon of a lock marks the difference between one and the other, helping to distinguish the user in which one can talk about secret topics and in which not.
It is enough to update the application Facebook Messenger to its latest version to ensure that these secret chats are available. The application can be downloaded and update for free from Google Play Store and App Store, depending on the mobile platform being used.
