androidpolice : Rolling out] Facebook Messenger "Secret Conversation" encryption appears in beta app

Rolling out] Facebook Messenger "Secret Conversation" encryption appears in beta app

A few months after WhatsApp started encrypting all conversations by default, and a few weeks after Facebook announced encryption was coming to Messenger too, Facebook has turned on the security feature, with 'Secret Conversations' available to beta testers of the app.Secret Conversations do have a few caveats users should probably be aware of.They are not turned on by default, and neither is end-to-end encryption.

Facebook Messenger Rolling Out "Secret Conversation" Feature

Facebook Messenger Rolling Out "Secret Conversation" FeatureFacebook announced earlier this summer, that they were going to be bringing encryption to their messaging app – Facebook Messenger.It was dubbed as "Secret Conversation", and has now debuted in the beta version of the Facebook Messenger app.The thing with Secret Conversations is it is completely encrypted.

Facebook Is Rolling Out Its Secret Conversations Feature On Messenger

Facebook's plans of going the Snapchat way is being implemented as we speak.After a month of announcing the secret conversation feature in Messenger, Facebook has now started rolling it out in the form of the latest app update.Update your messenger app from either the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store and you can have secret conversations that are end-to-end encrypted and deletes itself after a user-defined timer.The update is being restricted only to iOS and Android phones.So the desktop version of messenger will not be able to avail the feature.Unlike WhatsApp, the feature doesn't work across platforms.

Hidden Chat Feature Rolling Out: Facebook Messenger Latest Update

As Facebook hinted the introduction of end-to-end encryption for the chats which makes it more secure, they started rolling out the feature.With the latest update of Facebook Messenger in Android and iOS, this feature is being rolled out.An Android or iOS user can now be able to use this end-to-end encryption technology.