Facebook ‘Secretly’ Rolls Out End-to-End Encryption for All Messenger Users

All Facebook Messenger users now have access to end-to-end encryption feature Secret Conversations, but why is the social network being so secretive about it?

All Facebook Messenger users now have access to end-to-end encryption feature Secret Conversations, but why is the social network being so secretive about it?

Facebook began testing Secret Conversations in July, and vice president of messaging products David Marcus said in a Facebook post at the time:

I’m glad to announce that Messenger is starting to test a feature called Secret Conversations that will both encrypt messages end-to-end and enable you to set a timer to control how long each message you send stays visible in the conversation on both devices (yours and your recipient’s).

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