Eavesdropping and spying is one of the most common issue in Cyber space and many people are concerned about their privacy. Cryptography solves this problem to atmost extent by providing Encryption. Recently another giant rolled out Encryption feature.
Apple incorporated End to End Encryption in iMessages, then WhatsApp rolled out End to End Encryption for its users. Now Facebook messenger supports End to End Encryption for its users.
It is labelled as "Secret Conversation" in Facebook messenger and users with updated app version can use this. To enable End to End Encryption
Open Existing Conversation and click on Information icon and enable "Secret Conversations". Once enabled the chat is Encrypted on channel. One thing to be noted is you cant send gif, video through Secret Conversations.
Another thing is that these providers are storing the Metadata about the chat which will be revealed when law enforcement asks for it.
The End to End Encryption on Facebook messenger is based on Signal Protocol. If you are so keen that not even your metadata should be revealed then you have to use Signal app which provides more privacy than these applications.
P.S: The post is to create awareness and not to create any negative impact.
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