Messenger: End-to-End Encryption Fully Rolled Out for Group Chats, Calls

A host of new features is highlighted by notifications when a disappearing message is screenshotted

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End-to-end encryption for group chats and calls in Messenger is now fully rolled out, and the Meta-owned messaging application added a host of features for those encrypted communications.

There are two forms of end-to-end encryption on Messenger: E2EE chats, which the social network introduced in 2016 as Secret Conversations, accessible by toggling the lock icon when starting a new chat; and Vanish Mode, which debuted in 2020, where viewed messages automatically disappear when the chat is closed.

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