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9to5 Mac reports that Facebook is currently testing end-to-end encryption for its Messenger app. The feature is called “secret conversations,” and the encryption will be so strong that even Facebook will not be able to access conversations on it.
“We are starting to test the ability to create one-to-one secret conversations in Messenger that will be end-to-end encrypted and which can only be read on one device of the person you’re communicating with. That means the messages are intended just for you and the other person—not anyone else, including us,” said Facebook.

Apple’s iMessages and FaceTime apps already use end-to-end encryption, as does WhatsApp (as of this past April), but unlike these three examples, Facebook Messenger’s end-to-end encryption can be activated on a chat-by-chat basis.
“Starting a secret conversation with someone is optional. That’s because many people want Messenger to work when you switch between devices, such as a tablet, desktop computer or phone” stated Facebook.

Facebook also said that secret conversations do not currently support rich content such as GIFs and videos, making payments, and other similar Messenger features. Images will be encrypted in secret conversations, but metadata will not be.

Expect Facebook to make this feature widely available to all Messenger users sometime this summer.

Source: Facebook testing end-to-end encryption in Messenger, branded Secret Conversations
 
I need help!! My iMessenger enabled "Secret Conversations", I had no idea that iMessage had this feature, I turned it off, can the iPhone enable that automatically, and if so, what else can be automatically enabled?? Could it be a glitch? Thank you for any info that you can provide me.
 
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iMessage doesn't have Secret Conversations. The only feature I can think of, is Invisible Ink, and it can't be enabled automatically.
 
I'm not sure this wasn't a prank post, the original was almost a year ago
 
iMessage doesn't have Secret Conversations. The only feature I can think of, is Invisible Ink, and it can't be enabled automatically.


This is not a prank, go to iMessenger and go to setting, youbwill see it, I need I know why the button was enabled, there is a process to enabling and I didn't activate it.
 
The stock messenging app on iOS devices is called iMessage, not iMessenger. Messenger is a Facebook app available for iOS and Android. There is no secret conversation feature in iMessage settings.
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