SEE: Password breach: Why pop culture and passwords don’t mix (free PDF) (TechRepublic) Must-read security coverage And in this modern era of constant communication, if you’re not thinking with a security-first mindset, you’re placing yourself at risk. The more data we transmit, the more this issue is forced into the center of the conversation. Security has become incredibly important to businesses and consumers. For more info, visit our Terms of Use page. This may influence how and where their products appear on our site, but vendors cannot pay to influence the content of our reviews. We may be compensated by vendors who appear on this page through methods such as affiliate links or sponsored partnerships. To keep your Facebook Messenger conversations private and secured, you should start using the new end-to-end encryption feature. Otherwise, you’ll see an red error notice.How to enable end-to-end encryption in Facebook Messenger Sending an encrypted message requires the other person to have opted into the Secret Conversations feature (i.e., have Messenger installed on a compatible device).
Click that and the screen theme changes color from black and purple chat bubbles to black and gray chat bubbles. In the upper right of the messaging screen, you’ll see a lock icon next to a slider button. The first is to create a new message as you usually do. There are two ways to start an encrypted conversation in Messenger.
For our example, we’re using Messenger for iOS but Messenger on Android works similarly. Now that we’ve got the preamble out of the way, here’s how to use Secret Conversations. The popular messaging platform automatically encrypts messages for all users if they have an encryption-compatible version of WhatsApp on their phone. That approach is very unlike what Facebook-owned WhatsApp is doing.
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