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While protecting your privacy online has been a subject of interest for a while now, events in the news \u2014 for example, the chat history Facebook recently turned over to police<\/a> \u2014 have brought it front and center. But how do you protect your privacy while staying in touch with friends and relatives? While there are a number of messaging apps that boast increased privacy features<\/a>, sometimes you can\u2019t persuade the people you want to keep in touch with to use them. What is your alternative? What, for example, if they insist on chatting with Facebook Messenger? <\/p>\n
Well, you can start by using end-to-end encryption (E2EE) on Messenger.<\/p>\n
Basically, end-to-end encryption means that nobody \u2014 even Facebook\u2019s company Meta<\/a> \u2014 should be able to read what is in your chat. In short, this is accomplished by each party\u2019s account being assigned a special key; only the account with that key can unlock the message. Currently, Meta has E2EE available on its Messenger platform but only on a per-chat basis. The company has announced its intention<\/a> to turn on E2EE by default soon, but in the meantime, if you\u2019re about to embark on a Messenger conversation that you want to keep private, here\u2019s how to turn it on. (The process is generally the same for both Android devices and iPhones.)<\/p>\n
Begin an encrypted chat<\/h2>\n\nIn your Messenger mobile app, select Chats<\/strong> in the bottom menu.<\/li>\n
Tap on the Edit<\/strong> icon in the upper right (it looks like a pen).<\/li>\n
Toggle on the lock icon<\/strong> in the top right.<\/li>\nSelect the name of the person you want to chat with. (Note: according to Meta, there are some accounts you can\u2019t use with E2EE, such as businesses and accounts of public figures.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n  <\/p>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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\nYou can also enable E2EE in the info page by tapping on <\/em>Go to secret conversation<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em>
\n<\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re already chatting with the person and decide you want to enable E2EE, you can do that as well.<\/p>\n
\nWithin the conversation, tap the information (looks like an \u201ci\u201d) icon in the top right.<\/li>\n
Tap Go to secret conversation<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nVanish mode and disappearing conversations<\/h2>\nFrom that information page, you can also go into Vanish mode, which will cause the conversation to vanish when you close the chat.<\/p>\n
\nIn the information page, tap Vanish mode<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
Toggle Vanish mode <\/strong>on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nYou can also decide at what time a message will vanish \u2014 anywhere from five seconds to a day. This is called a disappearing (rather than a vanishing) message. To create one:<\/p>\n
\nTap on the name of the person you\u2019re texting with when you\u2019re in the encrypted conversation.<\/li>\n
You\u2019ll be brought to the settings page for secret conversations. Tap on Disappearing messages<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
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\nIn <\/em>Disappearing messages<\/em><\/strong>, you can decide how long the message should last.<\/em>
\n<\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nOne thing to be aware of is that an encrypted conversation can only be between the people in that conversation and the devices they are using. If you start an encrypted conversation on one mobile device, you can\u2019t just move to another device and continue it; you have to sign in to the Messenger app on the other device and manually add it to the conversation. (The other participants will be notified<\/a> that there was a new device added.) <\/p>\n
In addition, you can take part in encrypted chats on the web<\/a> using the Messenger app on Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. (In Firefox, ironically, private mode must be disabled.)<\/p>\n
Update August 17th, 2022, 11:10AM ET: <\/strong><\/em>This article was originally published on August 16th, 2022, and has been updated to add information about disappearing messages.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Begin an encrypted chat<\/h2>\n\nIn your Messenger mobile app, select Chats<\/strong> in the bottom menu.<\/li>\nTap on the Edit<\/strong> icon in the upper right (it looks like a pen).<\/li>\nToggle on the lock icon<\/strong> in the top right.<\/li>\n