What do you think about Messenger end-to-end Encryption?

IntoTheLight Level 1

October 11, 2016, 10:25 am

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What do you think about Messenger end-to-end Encryption?

I'm sure that most of us are using Facebook and its app messenger, actually I think that it doesn't exist a smartphone without messenger installed on it.

Now I'm not saying that if you use facebook you should use messenger, but if you're using it every day probably you've noticed an option called "secret conversation" , this feature is available only on android and IOS platforms, and you need to turn it on manually from your messenger, to do that simply click to profile which you want to send encrypted message and click to "Secret Conversation".

Now, according to Facebook this feature is using end-to-end encryption which means that only you(sender) and your friend(receiver) can read those messages, after sending a message via this option you have to set timer, timer is an option that allow you to choose how long will your message stay active after your friend read them, so if you choose a timer 60s , your message will be deleted automatically 1 min after it's seen.

So since they're using end-to-end encryption it means that even the facebook can't read them, why does this sound like hmmm ,a bit weird?

What do you guys and gals think about this?

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CryptoGuru

I think this is great but also could be a trap. Im no lawyer and i didn't pass the bar but if known criminals are using this feature to talk about crimes or to commit crimes then this could backfire in a big way. How much pressure would police departments have to put on Facebook before they release these private messages? They have special warrants from the supreme courts that will make Facebook handover any information they want them to hand over. The point im trying to make is nothing is ever really private and we cannot trust Facebook with our privacy. They are one of the most invasive social media companies in the world. I agree with Mike anything that encrypted has a key to decrypt nobody has throw away encryption that nobody can access that would be pointless.

8 years ago

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Cristian

Of course, they can read them! How else would they be able to release facebook messages in court cases? I've seen plenty of news having facebook messages as evidence.

I personally don't buy it, Facebook want, you to believe you have a good amount of privacy. After all the privacy scandals Facebook started to invest some marketing into making people feel more "safe" on Facebook.
Social network apps like Candid really must scare them!

Also, thanks for the info on the timer thing! I didn't know about that! Will the messages delete on Facebook desktop version too, or just mobile?

8 years ago

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Lynne

I don't use messenger so I am not really interested either way. I don't like using all these apps on my phones. I find it quite annoying how there are so many ways for people to get hold of you. It becomes a big time overload of notifications and messages coming in all over the place.

My phone is my sacred space where I use it just for phoning, texts, emails and whatsapp. I would love to get rid of whatsapp but my kids school has whatsapp groups for each class...

Anyway I get loads of people requesting I get Messenger on my phone and I ignore them all.

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